Festus regards this as a delusion, and combats it, in this first scene, with the arguments of common sense; Overshooting the mark just enough to leave his friend the victory.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
"Just as if I had led you on into the little Overshooting of the mark!
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
"Now, don't you be for Overshooting the mark, Tookey," said Mr. Macey, nodding his head aside admonishingly.
"Silas Marner The Weaver of Raveloe"
George Eliot