snail-on

Updated: August 21, 2026

When some principal point we have long had in view becomes so critical, that we must of necessity choose or refuse, then perhaps we look about us; are affrighted at the wild and uncertain prospect before us; and, after a few struggles and heart-aches, reject the untried new; draw in your horns, and resolve to snail-on, as we did before, in a track we are acquainted with.

Samuel Richardson - Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4