But even if it did succeed, which is most improbable, if I could remain here concealed year after year, in what a wretched state should I not drag through the weary days; idle and solitary cut off from all society but yours; condemned to an aimless, useless life, consumed by the torture of an obscure, and worthless existence.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
I hope that in these last pages I have not seemed harsh in thought to the kind and aimless soul.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
Small groups of Germans wandered up in an aimless way, and were shot down by machine-gun and rifle fire.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs