Some describe scenes, others contribute to free-flowing monologues or digressive meditations.

一些描述场景，另一些有助于自由流动的独白或离题的冥想。

It would be thrown aside as carelessly, whenever he should choose to earn his bread by some other equally digressive means.

每当他选择通过其他同样离题的方式赚钱时，它就会被粗心地扔到一边。