errs

• In matters of genius the public judgment seldom errs, and in this case posterity has confirmed the sentence of that age, which gave the preference to Mr. Pope; for his translation is in the hands of all readers of taste, while the other is seldom regarded but as a soil to Pope's. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), Vol. V.
• Therefore, we scratched our heads when we read today a news article by Richard Boudreaux that errs: —  CAMERA Snapshots
• When the reason errs, and leads the will with it into an erroneous choice, what it has chosen is simply a mirage, the appearance of a good. —  Latest Articles
• If his judgment errs, and leads him into error as to the soundness of his horse, it is set down, not as willful or corrupt perjury as to oath, but most undoubtedly as to his word and honesty QUESTIONS ANSWERED Glanders, Chronic Catarrh, and "Horse Distemper." —  The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside
• The Titanic_, a mass of 40,000 tons, moving through the water at 20 knots an hour, a marvel of the science and skill of man, crashes into an iceberg, because the trained intelligence directing her errs--and is reduced at once to an inert mass of iron and brass. —  The Navy as a Fighting Machine

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