| 单词 | prattle |
| 例句 | But now, as Elena prattled on about her marvelous children, her husband’s high-profile case, the new landscaping they planned to do in the backyard once the summer came, Elizabeth changed her mind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now he prattled on at Pollard, giving him every needless detail of how to ride the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So I welcomed the arrival of lunchtime, when Francis’ cheerful prattle temporarily shifted my thoughts to why undergraduates could not satisfy an pair girls. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z People in general prattle ceaselessly about ironies here and ironies there. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked into their eyes and saw sincerity and wanted to say: “Don’t you know you are prattling the racist poison?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But you always was soft. I thought you’d gone off in one o’ them ships you used to prattle about, sailing, sailing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She ran on, through a tangled fringe of gossip, never seeing that these names were alien to him, they meant nothing, and that as she prattled unaware he grew colder and more silent. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Who can look into the wet-mouthed smiles of children and see a meadhall burning, or listen past their musical prattle to the midnight roar of fire ? Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They laughed and prattled, anticipating the night’s pleasures, while I stayed soberly quiet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They remain inside the image ring, snow falling softly on their hair and beards, and except for their forms, their prattle, the town is dead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Day after day, listening to this endless prattling—she would rather be governess to a whole pack of actual wolves than suffer through that. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I couldn’t remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she prattled about teachers and classes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Just prattle about something unimportant until I calm down,” he clarified, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Before long she was fighting off a yawn as Reznak prattled about the craftsmen’s guilds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Waiting in lines for their ration of food, the women prattle about how the girl brought it upon herself. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need to stay focused, and your prattling isn’t helping.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But they are clever mimics, and I have no doubt that they will soon be prattling away. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Sean was always the biggest perpetrator of said strategy, especially on days when he had a quiz in another class and wanted to slyly check his index cards while she prattled on. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Then Gran starts prattling on about the orchids she’s growing in her greenhouse. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “She will work in the kitchen with Becky. That is my decision. Do not disturb me again with womanly prattle.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosy did not give a hoot about the priority of the creation of the helical theory and, as Francis prattled on, she displayed increasing irritation. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Gloria had a grip about the robot’s neck that would have asphyxiated any creature but one of metal, and was prattling nonsense in half-hysterical frenzy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps he preferred that anyway, she thought; she must seem a little prattling cub, only just past babyhood, in the eyes of an armored bear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We listened to parrot prattle and sat confined, uncomfortably close to Our Father. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The drooling was a habit Penelope was slowing training him out of; for now she was relieved Lady Constance seemed not to notice, as she was still prattling away. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z And then of course there was the constant, prattling, awesomely brainless presence of Mary Ellen. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, he longed for the sound of another voice, even Eilonwy’s prattling. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Teller, irrepressibly voluble on his favorite subject, joined them for the drive back to Albuquerque, prattling all the way about the essential requirements of a program to build the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Gay drove me home that evening, she prattled on about some girls my age in the neighborhood. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And then he heard something — something quite apart from the spitting of the dying candles and Lockhart’s prattle about his fans. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In the background, I can hear the prattle of the child, and Tom says something away from the phone, something I can’t hear. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At three years of age, he prattles like my father did, but I attend to every lisping word he speaks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The man continued prattling on, and he was treated with the utmost respect. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a habit of prattling at the top of his lungs through Sunday dinners at our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, I do prattle on sometimes. I like it when you call me Mr. Remington. I’m going to have to remember to tell Ralph that We must have people address us that way.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She prattled on, and contentedly he half listened. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Cleo may have something of the look of a young Patti LuPone, but she is her own woman when it comes to hiding behind a haven of lies and ready-made prattle. Theater Review: Clifford Odets's Dentist, Anything but Painless 2011-04-05T13:30:07Z A portentous score by the venerable, quasi-anonymous art-band the Residents plays behind layers of prattle, both spoken and in projected subtitles. LACMA's exhibition 'Sculpt': Incoherent pretension for an audience of one 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “I never said I was going alone,” he said, and I actually yelled “Bronn!” at the TV a split second before he showed up, skipping stones and faux-listening to fiancée prattle. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Cobragrams and Faceless Men 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Tolstoy had come to find something broken and ineffectual in the world of the prattling intelligentsia. Life at One of England’s Last Tolstoyan Communes 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In the film, Sally Field portrayed the ex-wife, an imperious interior designer prattling on about Regency-style tables and Flemish tapestries. They Adapted ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ and Their Personal Beliefs 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Lady Diana endorsed Pond's Cold Cream, blagged free hotel rooms, and kept the British and American press enthralled by prattling nonsense in a cut-glass accent. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-01T10:01:01Z Let's just keep exchanging news of the best that's coming out everywhere, and let go of the anti-American prattle that Salman Rushdie, to name one master of English syntax, so brilliantly skewers. Goodbye, Steinbeck; All Hail, Shelley 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Our marriage is built for goofy, all-day, amazed prattle about our children. A Husband for Home; a Wife for Away 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z She loved him even though he wasn’t much of a talker and didn’t really appreciate the way she’d prattle on. The love of her life, and the lies that came with him: Singing '13 Things About Ed Carpolotti' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Darth Trump storms around, prattling on about his greatness, and hawking a variety of terrible products, from cufflinks to steaks. Trump: The Man, the Meme 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Other than some token scenes involving Jamie and Nona's kids, the students are mere extras in a drama that spends most of its time prattling on about how the children are what matter most. Review: 'Won't Back Down' fails to make the grade 2012-09-26T13:54:09Z Anyone prattling on about a War on Christmas is continuing a tradition of bigotry. There is (still) no "War on Christmas" 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Just look at him over there, prattling on to Aunt Ruth about his dumb job as if she’s dying to know more about commercial refrigeration systems. A mother's Thanksgiving prayer: children are miracles, but Lord help them! 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Tuned In Jr. received this explanation with the polite indulgence of all ten-year-olds listening to their insane elderly parents prattle on about the old days. JPTV Jr.: Tennessee Tuxedo, the iPad and Magic 2012-01-13T16:37:03Z When they handed Pinter a Nobel Prize, the Swedish Academy said that he “uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms.” 'Being Harold Pinter' ★★★★ 2011-01-28T04:46:37Z One of the residents is extremely cheerful – he keeps prattling on about muddy battlefields – which did seem slightly forced. Care home manager Shaaron Caratella on If So, Then Yes 2010-09-19T21:15:00Z Children and teenagers show the animals they’ve raised, and as auctioneers prattle away, local businesses and deep-pocketed individuals bid to “buy” the animals. Frugal Traveler: What I Learned Driving Through the Heartland 2013-08-28T21:32:04Z “So much of it seems to me mere prattle. Isn’t that awful?” John Banville, the Contemporary Novelist Who Avoids Contemporary Novels 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Women’s speech, however, its pitch and prattle, was considered dangerous, even unsanitary. From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z People with varying qualifications prattle about a subject in a way that’s supposed to be entertaining, occasionally bumping into an illuminating fact or idea while doing so. Review: ‘Join or Die With Craig Ferguson’ — Historic Errors 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Or Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes, who apparently broke up months ago so quietly that none of the "friends, sources or insiders" who prattled away across endless pages last week noticed at the time. Gossip journalism gives us all the sauce ? but still, none of it's sourced | Peter Preston 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z I felt free to tease him, to prattle in e-mail, and to kvetch about my own life, because he didn’t want a holy halo of doom around his head. What Death Can Teach You About Living a Passionate Life 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z And these prattling cranes, the oldest living bird species, witness to it all. Via webcam, migrating sandhill cranes soothe a self-quarantined world 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z She knocks the table askew, but they keep prattling on. Miguel Gutierrez and Tere O’Connor Works at American Realness 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The rapid prattle of some of the playwrights, like Majok, is too hard to catch while you’re taking in the sights. ‘A Dozen Dreams’ Review: Eerie Memories Bring Magic to the Mall 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Eternally patient and silent, these looming claymen have a greater dignity than sinister, prattling living dolls or self-moving puppets. Why golems are precious 2010-08-27T08:56:00Z Braving one hideous setback after the next, Candide comes to see the falsehood of Pangloss' doctrine, the way such moralizing prattle callously ignores tremendous human suffering. 'Candide' is revisited in a playfully imaginative staging by Long Beach Opera 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Had he known what attracted her to him initially, what propelled her to listen so patiently as he prattled on about his experiments and his home laboratory, he would have been mortified. The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z When he won the Nobel Prize the committee said his work “uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms.” British Library Acquires Letters of Harold Pinter 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z “What great ones do the less will prattle of,” Shakespeare would later write. London Theater Journal: Shadowlands 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z She prattles on a video conference about her son’s school performance and her dwindling supply of pretzels. The French Artist Who Saw the Pandemic Coming 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Her magazine prattled about the joys of women doing and having it all: excelling at work, splurging on luxuries, beguiling men. Helen Gurley Brown, 1922-2012 2012-08-13T20:07:00Z Yet as with “The Illusionists: Turn of the Century,” this golden age prattle is strictly plating. Review: In ‘Circus 1903,’ a Littler Big Top Still Offers Some Thrills 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z War rages everywhere, politicians prattle; new media come at you a mile a minute; the world your parents built is collapsing, and only chaos lies ahead. Museums in the U.S. and Europe Are in Blockbuster Mode 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Wallace was, if nothing else, a serious craftsman, yet Michiko Kakutani called his last book of stories, Oblivion, "crude," "cheap," and "self indulgent prattling". The shadow over David Foster Wallace's The Pale King 2011-04-05T11:39:47Z The children are funny and poetic on their own, a multiplicity of voices in discussion and prattling among themselves. Linda Sue Park’s New Book of Poems Is Just a Drill 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z But where brooding over misfortune typifies this world, Deadpool prattles through action sequences. ‘Deadpool’ Isn’t the Only Solution. But ‘Batman v Superman’ Is the Problem 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z "As in a theatre, the eyes of men/ After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage/ Are idly bent on him that enters next/ Thinking his prattle to be tedious." Gordon Brown's exit was worthy of Shakespeare 2010-05-12T18:00:00Z Since Pynchon had never made a public appearance, many in the audience assumed the prattling Mr. Corey to be the mysterious author. Irwin Corey, comic who styled himself the World’s Foremost Authority, dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z So many shows rely on studio interviews or guests recapping their adventures ex post facto — the equivalent of Aunt Jane prattling on about her trip to Tuscany over the phone. With travel podcasts, explore the world through your ear buds 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z There are too many characters, too much tactical and technical explanation, too much pseudo-political prattle. Review: ‘Rogue One’ Leaves ‘Star Wars’ Fans Wanting More and Less 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Amber wishes she were dead, though, when she awakes to find Sarah prattling on endlessly about finding her new path via an ashram in the hills above Los Angeles. RECAP: Sunrise, Sunset and Everything in Between on True Blood 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z “Oh no,” she prattles back, “like everybody thinks that but I just like have a really chronic condition and like a terribly fast mouth and like sometimes it can be annoying.” ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: A Night at the Gramercy Park Hotel 2014-02-24T03:30:19Z As he spirals downward, he prattles on about the impossibility of fidelity in marriage, the power struggle between men and women — more echoes of Mamet, but without his misogyny. Domesticated: What Happens After the Sex Scandal 2013-11-05T10:45:25Z Also noted: a disturbing tendency for competitors in their preperformance interviews to prattle on about how many times they’ve had to use the bathroom while waiting to go onstage. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: A Bit of Magic Amid the Clunkers 2011-09-23T15:24:47Z “There are too many characters, too much tactical and technical explanation, too much pseudo-political prattle,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Legion’ and ‘Imaginary Mary’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z I had never taken Westerners who embraced Eastern religions seriously, perhaps because I had heard too many celebrities prattle on about the benefits of meditation. Finding a Warm Welcome in the Elqui Valley 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Disjointed and overpopulated, the subsequent adventures of this prattling pet cause the story’s initial lightness to congeal into a barely coherent exploration of identity politics and religious coexistence. Movie Review: ‘The Rabbi’s Cat,’ by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux 2012-12-07T01:58:07Z But I am glad I got to hear this king — and queens and dukes — pronouncing and prattling in my ear, regaling me in the comfort of my home. ‘Richard II’ Review: A Radio King With a Tottering Crown 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Stringer had no interest in cred-building gangster posturing, and Mr. Elba has little patience for the actor’s equivalent: endless prattling about art and the corresponding reluctance to speak frankly about one’s own ambitions. Film: Idris Elba, ?Wire? Star Generating His Own Buzz 2010-04-16T18:19:00Z That afternoon, after listening to me prattle for a while, he said something I’ve thought about almost every morning since then: “Joy and discovery, dude.” The True Gladness of Allen Toussaint 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z In another segment, after seeing a dump truck on the streets of New York, he prattled on giddily, “Honk! Honk! goes the truck.” A Trump Impersonator Worthy of Being Called “A Disgrace to the World” 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z My mother cooked and prattled, my grandfather was severe but kindly, the farm prospered. John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’: An Excerpt 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z So much of it seems to me mere prattle. John Banville, the Contemporary Novelist Who Avoids Contemporary Novels 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Oddly he gives the last word to Martin Scorsese, who prattles on for two uninterrupted pages about the influence of Caravaggio's chiaroscuro lighting on the cinematography of Mean Streets and Taxi Driver. Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane 2010-06-26T23:11:00Z Though blessed with odd moments of extrasensory insight, Doc is a prattling nuisance. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z “Listen as I prattle on … “Listen to my sometimes catty, sometimes churlish, sometimes silly self, being cruel, unforgiving, uncouth … Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It’s on Her Terms 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But with their racist prattle about “Mexcriment” and “border bandits”, the duo simply became stooges. Fear the Walking Dead: season two finale – Wrath and North 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Low-level chatter in Dutch, English and Japanese prattled in the background. 'Late Rembrandt,' late nights at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z He scoffs at protocol, tortures an informant and prattles on about how women can’t be trusted. ‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’ Review: Slicing Up Bad Apples 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Having to keep her in line and listen to her prattle. 'My humour has always come from anger' 2011-03-06T00:02:01Z McAvoy attacks each of these personas—a prattling, innocent preteen, a persnickety schoolmarm type in a turtleneck and heels—with relish. Split Review: Shyamalan's New Thriller Is Insanely Watchable 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z And babe, at least tourists won’t prattle Or whine about damp chilly nights In the summer in Seattle In the summer in Seattle ... Style Invitational Week 1444: It’s a whole new all-game — name a sport 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z On Tuesday he got help from former President Trump, who released a video prattling that “Biden’s people” will “own” Presley. Opinion: A Mississippi vote next week could be a distant early warning on Biden's 2024 fate 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Listening to Trump prattle on about himself is tough on a good day, even for his own followers. "The Donald Trump show is over": Trump tried to make his trial a campaign spectacle. He failed 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z "With Obama, we won an election that everyone said couldn't be won," he prattled on in a speech in Washington, D.C. last week. President Drink Bleach says he beat George W. Bush and Barack Obama 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Trump prattles on and most of the Republican Party continues, at least on the surface, to support the idea that this historic indictment is evidence of a "two-tiered" justice system. Donald Trump still thinks he can escape this — but Jack Smith has him cornered 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Without this accuracy and verification, some researchers obfuscate data broker information with prattle that mirrors marketing language. Science Shouldn’t Give Data Brokers Cover for Stealing Your Privacy 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He also believes that Ukraine is not a vital interest to America and prattled on about how Europe should be paying more as he always does when he doesn't know what he's talking about. Ron DeSantis draws Trump's ire and angers congressional Republicans on Ukraine 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z People who prattle on about “wellness” and self-investigation can be exhausting: Oh no, not another trendy product or program or yoga class or brain exercise or therapy or gauzy self-help book. Elizabeth Koch Knows What You’re Thinking 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The discussion that ensued was not the Trump-friendly prattle that typically comes from Fox News pundits. Fox News wants Trump to postpone his "big announcement" 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Lots of people can prattle on about football on TV, but the extreme upper echelon — the polished storytellers entrusted by the networks to call those premier national games — is wafer thin. Reshuffled booths, streaming, mega TV deals: The changing landscape of NFL broadcasts 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z His memoir is a litany of petty fights, a constant takedown of enemies and a cascade of self-aggrandizing prattle. Review | Jared Kushner’s memoir is only inadvertently revealing 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z I could prattle on for a few paragraphs in this introduction about what might happen in the drama categories when the 74th Emmys are presented on Sept. 12. Emmys 2022: All you need to know about the drama races 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z "For every master of the universe who's prattling on about, you know, no emissions and all this stuff, I don't see very many of them giving up their private jets," he furthered. Ron DeSantis makes plans to regulate "woke CEOs" 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Most remarkable is that the men and women who put out these ridiculous and insulting statements actually think anyone is buying their disingenuous prattle. Perspective | USC and UCLA share values with the Big Ten all right. Greed, for one. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Some of the crew pass blunts and prattle on the balcony. We Went to Vegas to Wring Joy From Heartbreak 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Why, for instance, are oil companies buying prime space in your social media feed to prattle on about "innovative" climate solutions and visions of a "lower-carbon future"? Big Oil spent $10 million on Facebook ads last year — to sell what, exactly? 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z While Trump prattled on about nonsense, Cuomo delivered facts and expressed the sort of empathy Americans longed to hear. Opinion | Cuomo’s downfall proves that hubris takes no prisoners 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z As the former president prattles this book to its conclusion, one is left with the sense that future historians will find Trumpism a far more consequential subject of study than the petty tyrant himself. Review | Former Trump officials share alarming inside accounts of his final year in office 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z These questions — and the obsessive attention to mundane details like Kim’s wristwatch — may seem like the idle prattle of celebrity gossip. Kim Jong Un, out of sight for 4 weeks, has lost weight. He’s not explaining. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z A natural modesty prevents him from prattling on about himself. His Sondheim show was a COVID-19 casualty, but Michael Michetti hasn't lost his 'Passion' 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Is anybody forced to read the prattling of a kid with an inflated ego who throws a baseball for a living? Letters to sports: Did Dodgers make a need-jerk reaction? 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z What ever happened to the “personal responsibility” we’ve so often heard Republicans prattle on about? Opinion | RIP, the GOP of ‘Personal Responsibility’ 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z He prattled anew about mail-in ballots and voter fraud and, perhaps alluding to all of the election-related lawsuits that his minions have filed, said: “There won’t be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation.” Opinion | Will Trump’s Presidency Ever End? 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z “The best baseball writing does not prattle on about the beauty and poetry of the game, but delves into its nitty gritty,” he held. Opinion | Baseball’s return: Why we care 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z There, a digital screen the width of a football field shows brightly lit rectangles depicting trains in real time as they prattle along a map of the tracks across the city. Subway Shutdown: New York Closes System for First Time in 115 Years 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Reinvents history, reimagines science, prattles on about his supposed heroism, bellyaches about his self-proclaimed martyrdom and savages anyone who questions his infallibility. Opinion | Injections of Bleach? Beams of Light? Trump Is Self-Destructing Before Our Eyes 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z But listen to the art critic prattle on! Perspective | Prepare to be swept away by Winslow Homer’s ‘The Fog Warning’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z A young bobcat ambled by the nearly abandoned administrative buildings, while ravens prattled and danced in the empty parking lots, and coyotes trotted along the valley’s empty roads and walkways. Wildlife is reclaiming Yosemite National Park: 'The bear population has quadrupled' 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The President prattled on about one of his favorite fantasies, the importance of “right to try” legislation. False Hope about Coronavirus Treatments 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Alito gazes upward forbearingly when his colleagues are speaking, as though their prattling were his cross to bear; if there are any cracks in the Court ceiling, he’ll be the first to discover them. Is the Supreme Court’s Fate in Elena Kagan’s Hands? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Preston Crown Court heard he was told to "shut his prattle" when he begged police to deal with the emergency. Officer 'swore' at Hillsborough dad who called out 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z I know reporters like me love prattling on about crunch points. Government publishes Brexit bill 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z But Traumann said the president’s prattling was an international PR disaster that would carry a diplomatic and economic price. 'A second Trump': Bolsonaro's offensive rhetoric adds to Brazil's discomfort 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The prattle of a Kalashnikov no longer startles. Review: 'For Sama' tells of a mother's searing choice for a daughter born into war 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z I understand why Biden turned into a prattling, ineffectual lump of nothingness. Opinion | Joe Biden doesn’t owe me an apology. Clarence Thomas does. 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z "He told me to 'shut your prattle' which I'll never forget." Officer 'swore' at Hillsborough dad who called out 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Asked how the police officer responded, he said he was sworn at and told to "shut my... prattle'." Hillsborough dad describes 'worst moment' 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z While she prattles away, we see cartoon Trump reach below the viewers’ line of sight to grab Meg inappropriately. ‘Family Guy’ roasts the Trump administration, portrays the president as a groper in latest episode 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The prattle of dispatch in Prince George’s County. Last of the scanners: Are police security measures and new technologies killing an American obsession? 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z This is precisely the sort of prattle wafting from the mouths of “those who know better” that has caused the public to turn away from politics. Opinion | Feedback for the Gang of 44 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Along with a distant relative prattling on about their objectionable politics, there is one other dread at this time of year: the hangover. How to cure a hangover: what one man found after a 10-year quest 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z I gulped and prattled on about Calverton’s mission, stressing the honor code and their commitment to family values. My fundamentalist childhood: less like a temple, more like a cage 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Like so many administrators he is a pseudo-politician, able to prattle on almost endlessly on subjects likely to shine a positive light on his organization. The 2022 Ryder Cup opening ceremonies might be held at the Colosseum in Rome, and well we're already pretty excited - Golf Digest 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The visuals are lush and textured; the blaring audio, as all the characters prattle on at once, is cacophonous, a disconcerting jumble of disparate declarations, diatribes and calls to action. A chameleonic Cate Blanchett materializes in Julian Rosefeldt's 'Manifesto' at Hauser & Wirth gallery - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z What still delights me about comedy is that during all the prattling and pratting about, some people in the audience may realise that they are not as unusual as they thought they were. Robin Ince's top 10 books about the human condition 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Why he doesn’t seem the least bit preoccupied with Heisman prattle. Stanford's Bryce Love has much to be excited about beyond possibly winning the Heisman Trophy 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z If Cohen recorded his boss prattling on about his sexual needs, his extramarital girlfriends and his efforts to silence them, Cohen probably has some other receipts, too. Trump says he’s “your favorite president” in new tweet 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “I mean, these are fools who are prattling off their complaints today about the way he conducted himself in a joint news conference with the president of Russia,” Mr. Dobbs said. For Republicans, ‘The Dam Has Broken.’ But for How Long? 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z We operate, as I said, in this vortex of power and we prattle along at the hub of perhaps the most creative city in the world. As we pack up, a bittersweet ode to a workplace that was my second home 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z No longer do Washingtonians have to steam in silence while Philadelphia friends prattle on about Super Bowls and Eagles. Lars Eller gives fans gift of a lifetime 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z A mildly satirical point is made by the woman’s cheerful prattle about educating Lolita for adjustment to a group life of malts, movies, and hair-fixing parties. Reading “Lolita” in 1958 1958-11-01T05:00:00Z Instead they prattle on about balancing the federal budget. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “That doesn’t mean I’m some kind of language prescriptivist, and your saying that ‘language evolves’ or other such prattle doesn’t invalidate my concerns.” Crypto.com is not for sale 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Nevertheless: Thank you for listening to my aimless prattle, I know it’s hard to listen to a Lady who has opinions! Perspective | Thanks to Jane Walker, ladies can finally drink scotch 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z And in 2015, he panned the “preachers of pessimism” who “prattle endlessly about America’s problems.” Buffett letter may tout optimism as broader market worries ebb 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Like Judge Moore, he prattles about the Constitution; like Judge Moore, he hasn't read it and couldn't understand it if he should read it. President Trump Escalates Criticism of F.B.I. Role in Russia Inquiry 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Fellow officers said Young was considered strange because of his penchant to prattle on about history and his passive approach to the job. This police officer is accused of being an ISIS-supporting neo-Nazi. He says he just has a dark sense of humor. 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z But instead of tendering his resignation, Robert Mugabe—still clinging to the presidency after 37 years—prattled on about how peaceful Zimbabweans are and how the country needs to refocus on a “promising agricultural season”. Robert Mugabe clings to his title, as crowds holler for him to go 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z He shrugged off their panicky prattle, and instead calmly focused on securing MLB’s top season record and preparing the team for playoff success. Letters: U.S. misses the World Cup? Ain't that a kick in the header? 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z And in 2015, he panned the “preachers of pessimism” who “prattle endlessly about America’s problems.” Buffett letter may tout optimism as broader market worries ebb 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Even more grotesque are the antics of our most senior Justices who prattle on about the original intent of a document that enshrined racism, misogyny, and class distinction. Opinion | The Cancer in the Constitution 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z As soon as Mike of Doom starts prattling over the blurry boom-bap of “Diva,” it’s clear that you’re listening to a rapper too slippery to qualify or quantify. Do not disturb: Mike of Doom raps best in solitude 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z She prattled on to her husband and dug around in her black matelassé purse. Rei Kawakubo, Interpreter of Dreams 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Gonzaga was headed for another excruciating loss, shy of the Final Four, short of vindication, another opportunity for all the skeptics to prattle on about how this team still can’t win the big one. Impressive Zags put themselves one win from that elusive Final Four ticket 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z No matter how mindlessly King prattles on about Western civilization, it’s clear whose babies he considers to be “someone else’s.” When politicians hate foreign babies, racism is reaching a fever pitch | Francine Prose 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z He mentioned something about Las Vegas but his words were lost in the prattle rising around a passing star. A view from the wings: Oscar's big mistake belied months of planning and backstage precision 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Shame-faced, bashful, insolent, chaste, luxurious, peevish, prattling, silent, fond, doting, laborious, nice, delicate, ingenious, slow, dull, forward, humorous, debonair, wise, ignorant, false in words, true speaking, both liberal, covetous, and prodigal. Montaigne on Trial 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The only thing more consistent than slow play is the regularity with which people prattle on about it. Time to celebrate Jason Day’s talent not blame him for golf’s ills | Ewan Murray 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Why is Johnson prattling on about some cave bear that met its demise 43,000 years ago in what is today Slovenia? It may look like fun but just messing around could lead to the next big thing 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Then Mr. Trump punctuated the threat as Mrs. Clinton prattled on about how unfit the real estate mogul is to hold the office she so desperately wants. Donald Trump, in the lion’s den, bites back: Put Hillary Clinton in jail 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Why do alumni of some public research universities in the Midwest keep prattling on about the ‘elitism’ of other public research universities in the Midwest? Michigan’s Formal Rebuttal to Jason Gay 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z All the more so that these are the folks who prattle on and on about how the sacrosanct Constitution. Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z They aren’t, however, sufficient for drowning out the thunderous prattle of a loud co-worker. IPhone 7 Review: Though Not Perfect, New iPhones Keep Apple’s Promises 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Many companies unconsciously identify leadership skills with extroversion—that is, a willingness to project the ego, press the flesh and prattle on in public. Shhhh! 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z In juxtaposing Mamet’s pathetic prattling and Burstyn’s cold-shoulder routine, Solondz somehow arrives at a piercing vision of two women in a state of shared yet unbridgeable despair. Todd Solondz's 'Wiener-Dog' puts humanity in a tragicomic cage 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps this is all entertaining for a season, but do we really want to experience four years of prattling by someone who refuses to be held accountable for what he or his chief aides say? The Cruz Standard 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z It helps to know that Montaigne considered himself peevish and prattling, and Shakespeare felt he'd played the indiscriminating clown. A Point of View: Is there any such thing as a wise person? - BBC News 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z He prattled on about violence being at odds with ‘universal values.’ President ‘Irrelevant’? 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z He prattled on about violence being at odds with “universal values.” Uncertain Leadership in Perilous Times 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Talk shows will start prattling on soon about the future of Manager Mike Scioscia, about Weaver's 80 mph fastball, about all the things for which talk shows exist. Angels' rallying cry next year: Remember Game No. 161 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But I liked my routines, my inner chatterbox prattled. At My Yoga Class, Sleepwalking No More 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The two are having a bit of a face-off in Fonescu’s dumpy Washington Heights apartment, with Setrakian duct taped to a chair and Fonescu prattling on about funding a trip to Tahiti. 'The Strain' recap: Shades of Japanese tentacle porn in 'Dead End' 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z As Linda waits at a pharmacy for the prescription with which she intends to kill herself, the young pharmacist prattles on, “What exactly you have wrong, you need all this stuff?” Julianne Moore, Beauty and a Beast 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Let him prattle on about climate change as the great threat of our time. Uncertain Leadership in Perilous Times 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z They prattle about her beautiful clothes, her night-club singing, her movie offers. Meet the Women’s Wimbledon Champion Who Was Also a Spy 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z One minute he’d be prattling on about a recent meal, then suddenly he’d see the glow of a cellphone mounted on the dashboard and passengers in the back seat of a car. Uber’s French Resistance 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Allen told reporters he and his protagonist have similar feelings about philosophy, saying “life has its own agenda and it runs right over you while you’re prattling.” Woody Allen has premiere of ‘Irrational Man’ at Cannes 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Allen told reporters he and his protagonist have similar feelings about philosophy, saying "life has its own agenda and it runs right over you while you're prattling." Woody Allen has premiere of 'Irrational Man' at Cannes 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z You’ll be glad to hear I’m not writing about those today, except to say members of Congress who prattle on about government duplication might ask why authorization and appropriations committees can’t set their own standards. GOP’s new moral monstrosity: Trickle-down lies enrich the 1 percent, as wing-nuts assert control 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The GOP can thus go on prattling about pipelines or other safe wedges against President Obama. Ask A Republican Why He Opposes Free Shipping 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z If I was not going to do the work to tell the truth about the guy, I should not have let him prattle on about his new book at the time. Calling Out Bill Cosby’s Media Enablers, Including Myself 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Despite all the anti-tax prattle, the same price sensitivity is not nearly as strong when it comes to gas taxes. 3 Reasons Republicans Should Support Raising the Gas Tax 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Sometimes they will just prattle on about perfect nonsense that nobody understands. CHARLES HURT: Democrats will win if Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid lose power Nov. 4 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z He described to the hearing how he asked for help from a police officer, who swore and told him to stop his "prattle". Hillsborough dad's 'worst moment' 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Don’t try to reassure people by making it look easy, by prattling on about “tried and true” public health practices in an unprecedented situation. A Flock of Black Swans; How To Think Clearly About The Unpredictable Hazard of Ebola 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Perkins recalled the times when she had held her tongue while her co-workers prattled on about their weekends, fearful she might slip up while telling some mundane story and inadvertently reveal she is gay. Gay rights group, after recent victories, turns to a new frontier: the South Nonetheless, the worthies now cavorting in Jackson Hole, particularly Janet Yellen, still prattle on about how inflation is necessary to get their economies moving again. Top Central Bankers Gather in Jackson Hole, Wyo.: Why This Is Bad News 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z On the same day Nixon and Haldeman were prattling on about Dean’s sex life, Nixon was calling the lawyer a gem. John Dean: Nixon Conversation on Sex Life Had to Stay 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z But you won't hear Carroll, his assistant coaches or players prattling on about that. Pete Carroll: Seahawks' bid for new NFL title is 'coolest opportunity' 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z They prattle on about customer service, but they only do so as another means to enhance profit. Dodgers-Angels merge as contenders in fast lane for Freeway Series 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Now that may sound like more of the same partisan prattle to you, and on some level you are 100 percent correct. Steve Stockman, Sarah Palin, and the Impeachment Charade 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z They have come to tolerate the rest of us as we wax poetic about the Masters and prattle on about the way the U.S. Rory McIlroy conducts electricity with thrilling third-round finish 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z At night, Strasburg the Nationals took apart the Rockies and left the subject for others to prattle about. Stephen Strasburg, Nationals have their way with the Rockies in 7-1 win When you bought your first home printer, you correctly tuned out the Best Buy sales rep as he prattled on about auto-duplexing, monthly page counts, and low-vs-high speed print settings. 9 Printers That Actually Won’t Drive You Insane 2014-05-08T17:35:21Z “It is the equivalent of torture to be forced to listen to the incessant prattling of a seatmate, compounded by the impossibility of escape.” Want to Use Your Cell In-Flight? Not so Fast 2014-02-22T14:24:06Z SANTIAGO, Chile—Chile and Peru prattled on a little more loudly this week over their competing claims for a 3.7-hectare triangle of land fronting the Pacific Ocean. Peru and Chile Advance Claims Over Land 2014-02-14T13:15:35Z But they were prattling on inside Prudential Center, home of the Devils, about a 14 mile-drive from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. For $28.50, the Lull of Super Bowl Media Day Awaits 2014-01-29T01:53:27Z Oh, and if the producers want someone to prattle about proteins in a Northern Irish burr, I'm yer man. The pleasure of talking about science 2013-06-04T08:10:00Z Now let’s check out the good ship David Gregory on NBC’s Meet The Press, while This Week prattles on about retiring Rep. Watching the Sunday shows so you don’t have to 2013-06-02T17:28:00Z He prattles away about Nutella and Frosted Flakes, complains about typos and losing his remote. News Analysis: Unraveling Brothers’ Online Lives, Link by Link 2013-04-24T01:39:32Z What are they going to prattle on about now, Cy Young Award voting? Couch Slouch: This is the end 2012-12-16T23:33:10Z The minds in her novels do not drown in their own prattle, nor are they overpowered by the frenzy of modern life—rather, they rejoice in it. A Contemplation of Chattering Minds 2012-06-30T19:45:00.230Z Critics who had dismissed science fiction as adolescent prattle praised “Chronicles” as stylishly written morality tales set in a future that seemed just around the corner. Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:49:14Z She bought her carpets, and two door mats; she smiled and nodded and prattled; she seemed quite sorry to say good-bye to Mr. Marsden. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z People who are themselves able to give tone to their surroundings, bother little about the prattle of others. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Less than a year ago a sweet little blue-eyed damsel who was prattling by my side as she rode her grey pony along with me, was thrown suddenly and without warning upon the road. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Her beautiful arms, rounded like the handles of an alabaster vase, shook out bunches of sparkling notes, and her crotali prattled with ever-increasing volubility. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z How dear had been the pretty prattle of those little ones, the first stammerings of the tongue, the silvery laughter, even the cries of passion or of pain! The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The couple's acquaintances being overmuch given to prattling about things best forgotten, Gilbert exchanged to a regiment in India, taking along his wife and her little girl. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z And Kate—the mischief-making Kate Who formerly would merely prattle— Described, in accents most sedate, The use of cavalry in battle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z And so she prattled, and put a couple of spoonfuls of tea into the cracked tea-pot. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z How he prattled away! while his tiny feet seemed never weary of running to and fro to fetch toys for his new friends' inspection. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z A little son of the Sz-wang—the eldest of two—was put into my arms, and, to my astonishment, commenced prattling the Lord's Prayer in Chinese, although certainly not more than four years old. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Lately he had had it carved on a mantel-piece, and the prattle of his only child, as the club-footed boy spelled it out syllable by syllable, was music to his ears. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z We thank Thee for the music in the prattle of children, and the kindly word spoken everywhere. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z These baby boys and prattling children, kill every one; these mothers and matrons of Midian, murder them one after another. The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny 2012-03-14T02:00:26.310Z Paul responded only with a solemn "Pooh! pooh!" as if he could not take time to notice seriously any such childish prattle. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z And smiling round her, day by day, Though cares unnumbered weigh her heart, Their prattle, full of music tones, Unceasing joy and hope impart. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Some would prattle or sing lullabies to their babes, others form little knots and gossip, laughing and jesting without a thought of care. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Jesus, who on the way had got the father of the girl to prattle, was not disconcerted at the news. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z He classes it with Montaigne and says he scarcely ever tired of “the artless prattle” of the “priggish little clerk of King Charles’s council.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The very children, sporting like so many birds of gorgeous plumage, and musical tones, in the public gardens and promenades, prattle of matters interesting to them, with a graceful vivacity nowhere else to be seen. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z I would that all English ears could hear, as mine have done, the prattle that prophesies the downfall of our national church as a thing certain as rain after long drought! Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z They were pretty quiet, and disturbed no one but each other with their prattle and fidgeting. Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z I did nothing so barbarous, although it is perhaps “prattling out of fashion” to say so; but with the destructive, useless egg-collecting passion I have no sympathy. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Amid the dull roar of voices, I heard women laughing and little children prattling. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The children prattled merrily beside them, and waited only for their father’s evening kiss, before they went to childhood’s innocent sleep. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Perhaps such a scene as this, with its prattling as of children, would be better in perfect than active silence, that is, as pantomime. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z At that Nannette dried her eyes and began prattling delightedly about the flowers she hoped to gather, and the birds that would be singing in the tree-tops, or flying to and fro building their nests. Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z The way is enlivened with the prattle and sheen of the limpid Wharfe. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z They prate and prattle pleasantly, As they rode on the way, To those that should their butchers be And work their lives' decay. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z He had no idea, she prattled, how vast were their acquirements. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z They were not in bed, for she could detect their voices prattling with the marquis and their governess. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Mr. Curran's pet was always a favourite of Miss Wolfe's, to whom her prattle was a rest in the midst of many perplexities. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z She spent her time in watching the boats on Dublin Bay--aware, in hazy fashion, of Sara's prattle. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Toinon prattled gaily of these things to the marquise, but could not succeed in raising her spirits. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z How different from Agla�, who could prattle on for ever on any subject. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Early in the morning I took a walk with my little daughter, a child four years of age, in whose prattle I was taking great interest. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Elfrida was a very intelligent child from her birth, and ran about alone and prattled ere a twelvemonth had passed over her head. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z If you can find a woman that does not believe in the Hebrew Jehovah, you may steal her prattling child from her breast. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z She sometimes prattles like a child, then suddenly, and without warning, she speaks like a philosopher—like one who had guessed the riddle of the Sphinx. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z But how to coo forth such pretty prattle to a figure made of wood? The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z He would have killed grey-haired and trembling age, and would have sheathed his sword, in prattling, dimpled babes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z No; she and her little friend felt no weariness; they roamed through the live-long summer night amid the groves and sylvan avenues, prattling in youthful eloquence on the wondrous spectacles that were before them. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Byron did not care for the fireside—for the prattle of babes—for the smiles and tears of humble life. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z They tried to do away with infancy and youth, with prattle of babes and the song of the morning. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z The work lives by so absolute a law that it's grotesque to prattle about what might have been! The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z All the natural vivacity and kindliness of the people find free play at home, where servants sing and children prattle, ladies chatter and gentlemen jest, all in an atmosphere of ease, leisure, and spontaneous sociability. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z I have no doubt that at first I encouraged her confidence, so unfailing was my delight in the lisping prattle, interrupted by giggles, with which they were made. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Again the miracle of a birth—the pain and joy, the kiss of welcome and the cradle-song drowning the drowsy prattle of a babe. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Children have prattled, and statesmen have discussed the affairs of nations. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z I feel rather hard and heartless to be prattling about these touristries to you, with the sad picture I have had these last weeks of your—William's—state of suffering. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z He plays at your feet, he prattles at your side. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z There were days when I seemed to hear her prattling in the kitchen from the moment she came until the moment she left, and to a good deal of her prattle I had to listen. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z She played with her mother's green jewels and prattled prettily, while the boy stood at his mother's side, a slender and silent acolyte in his pale blue gown. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The child, being now about twenty months old, and beginning to prattle a few words, was one day sent for by her father, who was sitting after dinner with some of his profane acquaintances. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Postum does taste like a ferociously mild coffee—a coffee reduced to second childhood, the prattle of senility. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Burgoyne For head knocked off, or broken bones, Or mangled corpse, no price atones; Nor all that prattling rumour says, Nor all the piles that art can raise, The poet's or the parson's praise. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The child had forgotten all her tears and went on with her prattle. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z Yet even I, when I saw her fatigued with my importunate prattle, or exhausted by my noisy merriment, would check my spirits, soften my voice to a whisper, and steal round her sofa on tiptoe. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He grows, he prattles, every day he learns something new. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Basine prattled on, improvising a melodrama of virtue led astray, editing the vaguely worded generalities of the creature he had left asleep. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Ye charming solitudes, Ye tall ascending woods, Ye glassy lakes and prattling streams, Whose aspect still was sweet, Whether the sun did greet, Or the pale moon embraced you with her beams— Adieu to all! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z They tenderly prattled; what was it they said? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z There was a little pause, broken only by Walter's prattle, the plash of the rain and the murmur of the sea. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z I prattle along, and say everything that comes into my head. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z The prattle of voices was a delectable hymn raised to her praise in her new dignity. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z May no kind genius save his step from harms: Where'er he sails, may tempests rend the sea; May never maiden yield to him her charms, Nor prattling infant hang upon his knee! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The prattle of a brook somewhere lured them farther, and they pressed on into a fog of leaves and crackling boughs and flowers. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z This gratitude, joined to the innocent caresses of my god-daughter, who now began to prattle, calling me "Uncle Ribot," as if I were of her own blood, fully repaid me for all my endeavors. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The treatment of the subject, the atmosphere which surrounds it, the delicacy in which the little prattling ways of the nuns, their jealousies, their tiny trifles, are presented, takes the reader entirely by surprise. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Ah! little did innocent Jessie know that her prattle had lighted the fires of ambition in that boy’s soul. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z There lay the poor little chap, his once warm face, so fresh and ruddy, now cold, and marble white, his prattling mouth for ever hushed. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z No God ever ordered a warrior to butcher a smiling, prattling babe. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z This happy husband let himself be dressed and polished off with a restrained gravity, meantime prattling about his canes and pipes, these collections being, it appeared, the aim and end of his existence. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Thus, my dear Grace, do I—not at all artlessly—prattle to you; artfully, on the contrary, toward casting some spell of chatter on yourself.... The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z The old man wanted to say something else, but did not finish, for the women entered the room and began to prattle like magpies. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Some one else stood beside the couch: a stranger with bent head and loving, out-stretched arms, and little Pearl prattled in baby language of playthings and flowers and sunlight and green fields. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z She gave him his cup, and continued her careful prattle. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Thrown aside the childish rattle, Hushed for aye the infant prattle— Little broken words that could By none else be understood Save the childless one that weeps O'er the grave where now he sleeps. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Mrs. Oxenham beguiled the way with prattle about Mr. Daunt's yachting party and the beautiful Lady Louisa who held her brother in bonds; and Jenny looked annoyingly pale and tired when they arrived. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z At his frequent request, she dined with him in his private sitting-room, her pleasant smiles and cheerful prattling always charming him. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z You never hear any of the nature prattle so common among the less serious students. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z So the little flat nose was lifted up to the big one, and she murmured, and prattled, and fondled him, all over his face and head, as he held his arms round her neck. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z And so walking together, and with some gay and careless prattle between them, they went on and into the town. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z He then got the chance he wanted to prattle on about how terrible America was. City Room: Detroit Beats New York, in Baseball and in Terror Trials 2011-10-18T12:28:29Z And he has heard with the unheeding smile One gives to children's prattle. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z Up then spake the king himself, In the chamber where he lay:70 "O what ails the pretty parrot, That prattles so long ere day?" English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Even Doris felt it, and ceased her prattle to look from one to another. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Well, we would have a little pleasant prattle together, and then to bed. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Chitchat, chit′chat, n. chatting or idle talk: prattle: gossip. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z He began to laugh, while the Baroness prattled on. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z I thought this young lady of an inspiration at least as untrammelled as her unexpatriated sisters, and her despondency in the true note of much of their predominant prattle. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z We prattle about everything, and it will do you no harm to be prepared for any emergency. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z "I cannot see that a walk with a little prattling brother can give such delight," she answered. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z The man's tongue had run away with him, as the unlikeliest tongues will, under strong emotional strain: so we prattle of our newly dead, magnifying the good that we belittled in their lives. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z A father listens to the idle prattle of his child, but the childish words leave no other impression on his mind than their cuteness merits at the time. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z They interrupt, they prattle, one feels their presence too much as importunate and untrained sound. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z My dear sister, I have not seen you for a long time," prattled on the little lady, "but at the moment of peril, I always appear. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z "I will, then, trust to your judgment," replied Mrs. Allerton, anxious to get rid of the subject, and of the light frivolous prattle of her soi-disant dear friend. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The idle chat of the house will often exhibit the ruling spirit, and the prattle of many a lisping child betrays the idols that he has been trained to honor. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z For days Maud had been coming home from school full of childish prattle about the lovely things the other girls were going to have. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z And all the while her tongue went prattling on, now talking at top speed, anon singing out the words in the madness of her glee. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z She found Cosel in tears and at once began to prattle. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z Juliet spoke to each of them as they passed; pleased with their innocent prattle, and gathering alternately, from their native intelligence, or gaping stupidity, food to amuse her mind, with predictions of their future characters. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z She came to Juliet merely to talk; and when her prattle was over, or interrupted, she had no thought but to be gone. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Selina was prattling busily to Lady Aurora; and Lady Aurora, who sat nearly behind her, and whom Ellis perceived the last, was listening in silence, and bathed in tears. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z "No, really I can't stay, dear Mrs. Sadgrove, even to have the pleasure of a chat with the General," she prattled. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Loving her devotedly, although children in general bored and annoyed him beyond expression, Mr. Saltus used to quote her childish prattle with pride. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z How little they know Who prattle of sin, And tell on their beads Misereres for grace: Baby must fall That baby may rise! The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z My poor mother-in-law and myself had experienced many sorrows; yet my poor fatherless children—for I might call them fatherless"—and she wept as she spoke—"with their innocent prattle, soothed our affliction. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z And yet, for all its fruitlessness, that prattle about art gave them a valid claim on our respect. Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z "I stopped my carriage to ask Mr. Forsyth to tea on Saturday," she prattled. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z He speculated upon what the girl in the tonneau was thinking, as she sat in her silent fashion, responding only when necessary to Pamela’s ceaseless prattle. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Just look at that lovely bird now, and listen to its marvellous prattle.” In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Likewise to explain that there were no brows, that the lashes were gone, that, of course, his whole face was hairless—this is prattle, mere childish, puerile prattle. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z From across the hall she could hear Redge and Zaidee prattling to each other from their beds with an elfish glee that began to have long waits between its outbursts. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z He kept prattling about the papers that needed to be signed, so I got in the passenger seat, and off we went. Golf Saved My Life 2011-08-19T04:00:00Z For the pleasure of a rounded phrase, or to augment the prattle of conceited ignorance in a drawing-room. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z If there ever were a pair of twins in danger of being utterly spoilt by adoration, it was these prattling Brookes. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Very often hunting kept me away from home for several days, in which case I used to bivouac in the tall grass by the side of some prattling stream. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z She prattled on, simultaneously producing a needle attached to the largest vial I had ever seen; it must have been five inches long and the diameter of a 25 cent piece. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Carolyn May had prattled so much about her home that Mr. Stagg felt as though he knew each room and each piece of furniture. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z The prattling groups about Mrs. Sykes ofttimes broke away to take sly looks across the green at the distant Broadway. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z He had come down with his nurse as soon as they were fairly settled at Holmwood, and his prattle and play were a great amusement to his grandfather. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Then, after a sprinkle of villas, we struck the close-packed town with the clean water from the Gardon river prattling in the sewers at either side of every street. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z When we drove home in the closed carriage Mrs. Sylvester was prattling like a girl about the beautiful party. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z She prattled on gaily and soon had her “sailor man” telling all about the sea and ships, and “they that go down therein.” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z How little could the afflicted parents realize what a great work their sweet, prattling Hattie was to do in her short life. Health, Healing, and Faith 2011-07-31T02:00:09.737Z “What’s everybody tying about?” says the little girl, in her prattling way. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z It did sound so romantic and chivalrous, in spite of Clara’s ill-natured prattle, having one’s lover coming up a ladder of ropes in the stilly midnight hour, when all were dreaming around. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z In her journal Ellen prattled of a time “when they should be married and she could be with him even when he was working.” The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z There seemed to be a slight impatient movement as I prattled on—I can call it nothing else. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z The princess felt the reproof contained in the young girl's artlessly prattled philosophy. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z I will not sue, Nor bring your family to shame By giving up your honored name To heartless prattle. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z It was a merry party, and yet whenever the name of the poor old father at home was mentioned, silence came over the prattle of the children. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z There is no sanctity to all this suffering, no privacy allowable, not a day’s respite from the inquisitive natures and prattling tongues. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z But you ought not to grumble, seeing how impressionable you have of late proved to the prattling of a woman’s tongue.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Look, Ottilie, the crafty diplomatist is prostrate in the dust before your victorious truthfulness, and prattles out his whole programme like a school-boy. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z A lovely dream of the future, born of the prattle of a child, hovering around an old man upon the verge of the grave! Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z A man shouted back to the watchers, and their prattle hushed. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z I listened with the gravest feeling of superiority to Janie’s artless prattle. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z I thought of all these things as I listened to the prattling of the Dingbats. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z There she sat and prattled on, charming, pleased with herself, and utterly unmindful of the rising fish and the fretting Skipper. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z "You can easily understand that I shall not give up my child," Leuthold went on, looking fondly at the lovely little creature, who was sitting on the carpet prattling softly and unintelligibly to herself. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z He had become garrulous, and prattled on with rather a vacant smile upon his lip, as he led his visitor from place to place, pointing out the various objects in which he took pride. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Soothingly the river, not yet frozen over, prattled over its shingly bed as it swept round the knoll on which stood the farm. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z But this is not the time to prattle and think of love. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z She had prattled on about herself, and her experiences, among which had been a little journalism of a very poorly-paid order. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z But Ernestine was no longer conscious of the child's prattle; her eyes closed, her beloved book dropped from her hands; Ole Luckoie, the gentle Northern god of slumber, had arisen from its pages. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z And he picks up the child, who clings about his neck, and laughs and prattles away in her delight. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z His hearth was desolate; the song and the prattle of merry childhood which had always greeted his home-coming were silenced forever. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z If such a God had time to think of it, He surely would envy the little child who can prattle, and laugh, and sing. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z “Mamma got him for me yesterday,” the child prattled on. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z With her windswept skirt she battles, to his hat he tries to cling, While the poet sweetly prattles of the pleasures of the Spring! The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z It is impossible to write down mere prattle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z "Anything—everything!" he answered, all but dead to the sustained prattle of the other women. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Finding that her prattle pleased, she talked incessantly, and invented stories, when adding to those that had some p. 24foundation, was not sufficient to entertain the company. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z All at once my prattling humor falters: I have not the courage to go on. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Under the shade of these I carry my embroidery frame, when the house work is finished; and sometimes little Thekla comes and prattles to me, and sometimes Eva reads and sings to me. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z She could walk, and prattle in her way, and her throne was upon her father's lap. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Restraint lifted as the boy prattled and madame overflowed in French. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z And his ears may have caught a poignant note of distress quavering now and again beneath her prattle. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Her girlish prattle was more charming to him than the profoundest disquisitions of scholars, or the brilliant repartee of literary coteries. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z It is so pleasant in the winter sunshine, with the brook babbling among the rushes and cresses, and little Thekla prattling by my side, and pretending to help. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z I thought I had lately sent rope enough for all the Parrots in Oxford; But I perceive they will be prattling still; and therefore I must unmaske the Mysterious Masters of the science of railing. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Instead, the must play half a month without the captain at shortstop with no more of the prattle about whether he would get his 3,000th hit at home or on the road. Sports of The Times: Real Life Interferes With Jeter?s Quest 2011-06-14T23:52:10Z Fancy prattled on about the company expected, telling Alfred what he knew already, but he listened in silence, captivated by her voice. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Did he then regard her as a feather-brained rattle? a forward school girl, of whose prattle he was already weary, and whom he adjudged incapable of entering into, or appreciating, intellectual conversation? Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z A little quiet brook prattled near us, of which we drank, and the delicate young twigs on the topmost boughs of the dark, majestic pines trembled softly, as if for joy, in the breeze. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Just then, all at once, one of the prattling maidens behind them called out: "There is really an earthquake coming; I actually feel it; good night!" Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z And it was thus with all that class of men—the same elegance—the same luxury—the same prattle—the same heedlessness. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z And he blushed, for the little girl’s artless prattling and friendliness were already beginning to make him quite human. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z He was more than repaid by her prattling talk, and her gentle, affectionate ways. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z It will be a splendid ball," prattled Chris sipping his tea and devouring very crumbly cake, "the Glorious Golfers are going to spend a lot of money in decorating the rooms. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z All was glad and friendly,--all sang that did not prattle,--the roofs were occupied with looms of silk ribbons, and the websters spoke and sang from roof to roof. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z That they lived in utter fearlessness of the reigning disease,—sung and loitered in the public walks, and prattled at their doors, with all their customary unconcern? Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z With the latter, voluptuous blandishments, musical prattle, and silent but expressive homage, composed a banquet delicious fur awhile, but whose sweetness now began to pall upon his taste. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z A lump came into Martin's throat as he listened to the prattle of this child. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z “I was afraid you had gone to bed,” prattled on Dot, stroking Sandyface. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z We have talked almost too much about him, besides sending for the prattling Agata to tell us something about his journey. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z The woman prattled nervously, made garrulous by the brandy, and by fatuous ambition to impress this aloof companion with her charms. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z There was Louise, who smote the youngest born of the household because he prattled of her dealings with the frequent cousin who called often and sought to deplete the larder. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The simplicity and innocent prattle of this child were unnerving him. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z She, however, was full of prattle—half childish, half womanly, half serious, half bantering—her eyes upturned to his, her voice a very bird's in melody. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z She accepted the invitation cheerfully, and prattled familiarly, like a naturalist, about Epomeo and Vesuvius, and predicted for them innumerable pleasures on the island, and altogether showed an intelligence and thoughtfulness far above her years. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Gwynneth had told Mrs. Musk, and Mrs. Musk had deemed it better to tell Jasper himself than to let him gather the truth from Georgie's prattle. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z I can get used to the dreary hush, In the home which my darling blest With her prattling speech and her rippling laugh, Ere we laid her away to rest. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z That peculiarly placid expression, driven away in the moment of dissolution, had returned to the dead man; he seemed to hear the Duchess prattle and the familiar demand for music upon the horn. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z As the dead years babbled, she listened now to echoes of manly tones, and now to a baby's prattling lisp, still dividing as of yore her heart's homage. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z She did not prattle during this drive, though later she made a few sensible and pointed remarks. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Barbara smiled, as if the prattle of an infant had amused her. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z You won't have heard that among the hushed voices of the global TV commentators who prattle on about Britain's wonderful sense of tradition, but it is true. Three Weddings And Two Funerals 2011-04-29T17:20:00Z To the American she is Wordsworth's "Phantom of Delight" seen upon nearer view, and it is idle to prattle about her "sphere," as if she did not instinctively know it more truly than men. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z But it is necessary that they should be taught early the true value of conversation, instead of being permitted to prattle nonsense. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z As if any selfish bachelor enjoyments, any of the talk of the clubs, were worth the prattle of infancy, the happy voices of childhood, the pleasures and duties that come with offspring! A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Apparently unconscious of having roused Lydie's disapproval, milady continued to prattle. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z And yet it was merely a little mud village, the work of a prattling child, as compared with this country. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Born in the wilderness and grown up amidst silly, prattling people, his soul has remained on the level of the beasts of the field. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z She seemed only a larger sort of insect, and her prattle mixed easily with the chirp of crickets and the rustle of leaves. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z They walked on, the happy child once more taking a hand from each, and laughing, prattling, leaping, and making little runs between them. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The voices of girls, the prattle of children, the welcome of wife, the glowing hearth—these could be theirs no more. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z She prattled on for some time about her intimacy with Mr. Trafton, until she was interrupted by a noise in the hall bedroom. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z We had the same notion until we had a chance to listen intently to the prattle of a three-year-old. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Their prattle is the soothing small-talk that takes our minds off more serious matters. The Fifth Down: Ochocinco Is a Master at Twitter 2011-03-25T22:47:31Z The little one prattled every inch of the way. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The women plied the distaff, or rocked the cradle, and prattled to their children of the heroic legends of Troy, Fiesole, and Rome. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z I had but little sympathy with your notions, and was angered that you should prattle of pictures and what-not when—ah, well, let all that be forgotten.” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z I will never yield to the hunchbacks' gold, the pages' vanity, or the pompous prattle of the priests. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Mindful of his sneer at her "prattle" Virginia said little; but he could not but recognise, from what she did say, that she knew what she was talking about. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The silvery voices of girls, the innocent prattle of little children, the welcome of wife, the glowing hearth—these were theirs no more. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z On her way to the drawing-room, Elsa heard a little voice prattling and laughing behind one of the tall doors which open on the corridor. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z How I long after them and their prattle! How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Mrs Van Heldre prattled pleasantly on, with plenty of homely commonsense, to her host. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z She offered him more tea, and refrained from further efforts at talk, remembering his sneer at her "prattle." The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The old woman spins, and her wheel Is prattling of old, old things; As though to a doll she sings, And memories over her steal. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z How I do long to see that dear little girl of mine, and to hear her sweet prattle! Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z He seemed to like the lad, and enjoyed his prattle. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z As she prattled away she let drop something that caught my ear, and lucky it was as you'll see presently. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z He listened while girl-like she prattled of the costumes of the pictured women on the walls. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Because, sticking my head out the hatchway for a taste of air, I heard the rascal captain prattling with the scoundrel mate. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z For the sake of old Virginia, Come and fight! that’s if you can, And let your prattling babies Know their daddy was a man. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Against this teasing phantom with its solemn prattle, however, he closed his eyes and shook his ears. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z Even the sound of children's laughter and prattle is never heard there, and little but the solemn caw of the rooks and the baying of the night-dog. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z "I'm afraid I'm 'prattling,' as you call it," she said deprecatingly. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Margaret, seated on the grass beside him, prattles and laughs with him, and rolls him about, delighted, and adoring her little idol. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z The Frenchwoman prattled soothingly, and Leonard stooped to add some words of encouragement. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z On a sudden, through the boughs, the sight of lighted windows met his eyes, and through the open sash of one of them, he heard faintly the pleasant sound of female prattle. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z Geoffrey wished she would go, for he wanted to write a letter; but the little lady kept prattling on. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z My mind harks back on these little scraps of memory as I sit here in my bedroom listening to Betty's ceaseless prattle and Nathan's monosyllabic responses. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Old Anne Sheckleton, sitting on the bench, smiling happily, under the window, which is clustered round with roses, contributes her quota of nonsense to the prattle. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z She remembered how she had prattled with her father as the two dusty travelers had entered the garden, and she recalled her bright visions of the days to come. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z Presently little Sophie Lecomte came running out to me, and I remained amusing myself with the child's prattle till it was dark. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z And even the prattling voice of little Hilda, the child of Blind Bruno, the basketmaker, was hushed as she led her father through the streets, instead of the faithful dog Keeper, who was growing old. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z But there is no fatherly response to the loving embrace, no reply to the childish prattle. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z “Then you approve of these stories of candidates’ cousins, the prattling anecdotes of their grandchildren, these paragraphs narrating the doings of their uncles-in-law, and all that?” sneered the Bibliomaniac. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z He was beginning to prattle; and never was speech so pretty as his. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Yes," she said, "if you don't mind prattle. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z The service I want you for is one of a secret kind, and not to be prattled about.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z He remembered Mercy as a pretty prattling thing of ten or eleven. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z No matter how much any announcer prattles on about the accomplishments of, say, Rodgers, it will never compare with Nelson, who built a solar-powered car that won the design award in the National Science Bowl. Teenage Girl Tops White House Super Bowl Honors: Scott Soshnick 2011-02-02T02:23:34Z It went on for days and nights, with an incessant prattle. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z He then observed that “they do not speak from the chest like the Germans, but prattle only with the tongue.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z By and by this tiny pink roll of humanity would be a prattling child, a little girl, a young lady. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z She checked her eloquence, and waited in the hall until the teacher had turned out the school-room lights and joined her; then the tide of prattle swept on. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z Think of Townes during this year’s March Madness, when some high-octane announcer prattles about the pressure on some kid attempting a free-throw with the game in the balance. Gulf War Veteran Shooting for Hoop Dreams at 39: Scott Soshnick 2011-01-20T02:19:31Z Lady Mollie was not particularly pretty, and her conversation was the veriest stream of prattle. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z The word “prattle” is used in the same sense by Shakespeare in his play of “Richard the Second.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z During dinner, when the captain, whom his daughter treated most respectfully, ceased prattling about himself and his adventures, Pen tried to engage the Fotheringay in conversation about poetry and about her profession. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Is it not true that the pope and all of them prattle much of their obedience, which is said to be the noblest virtue, that is, the precious spiritual humility of the papists? Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z In general his talk was a running commentary on the past, a well-calculated prattle in which, with apparent spontaneity and ingenuousness, interpretations were placed on his conduct which were thoroughly novel. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z “It’s as if in the 20th century the church did not survive persecution that made Tolstoy’s criticisms look like childish prattle,” wrote the literary critic Pavel V. Basinsky, whose new book examines Tolstoy’s final days. For Tolstoy and Russia, Still No Happy Ending 2011-01-04T02:50:05Z Jack is “overhauling” his clothes’-bag, and busy with his needle and thread, stopping, now and then, to have a “lark” with his monkey, or to listen to the prattle of his parrot. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z In this way the artless youth prattled on; and Miss Amory listened to him with inexhaustible good humor. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z The only time I ever took ether I prattled persistently concerning it. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Standing close to them I listened to their prattle and eager expectancy of a visit from Santa Claus.... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z "Not in the least," he replied; "indeed, his childish prattle has done me good." Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z They clasped in fancy their loved ones, now sad and lonely, to their bosoms once more, and listened to the prattle of the little ones they had left behind. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z While she drew him along the roads and streets, she let loose upon him her soul's tempest in a delirium of happy prattle. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The dear children kept me alive with their sweet, childish prattle. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z But life—life for the sleeping ones; life for his long, long-suffering wife—for his prattling children! Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z We routinely hear Premier League tub-thumpers prattling on about how they would like to see how Lionel Messi would fare against Stoke City, an argument with more holes in it than West Ham's defence. Jacob Steinberg: What we learned this weekend 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z Relationships today can be as transitory as a click of the "defriend" button on Facebook, as superficial as prattling on about your cute kids and clueless boss on some blurry Skype feed. Real friends are the kind you keep for life 2010-10-11T17:19:00Z He was unpleasant about it, prattling about the new Hand of God. World Cup 2010: Diego Forl?n falls but shows he belongs with greats 2010-07-07T06:01:00Z When I wrote about the pending sale in this column last week, I waxed philosophical about the meaning of a newsweekly magazine in 2010 and prattled on about how ill-conceived Newsweek’s latest redesign was. The Media Equation: How to Save Newsweek 2010-06-07T01:30:00Z A merry gentle laugh and a few half-muttered words from little golden hair, nestling close to her mother’s breast; prattling words of playful glee; some happy dream playing round that little flame of life. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z Many are simply sad sacks, like the Alabama "militiaman" urging people to break Democrats' windows and prattling about "civil war" on his Web site. The cowards who target Congress 2010-04-01T00:20:00Z “But no; this is the prattle of a naïf,” he writes, “laughable, unemployable.” Books of The Times: A Look at the Snarled Past of Armenians and Turks 2010-03-02T22:19:00Z Has that name—Khalid the Droll— been mentioned even once in the endless press and television interviews with so-called security experts who prattle on about “connecting the dots” and “fostering interagency coöperation” and “eliminating stovepiping”? 2010-01-12T04:38:00Z How could he ever bear to listen again to that innocent prattle? The Undying Past I saw a titled puppy touch her fingers—I heard him prattle love in her ears. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Oh yes; she was prattling artlessly about you for long enough—about your kindness, your generosity, the richness of the jewels you had given her. A Double Knot I long for rural and domestic scenes, for the warbling of birds and prattle of my children. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams He prattled of returning now to Spain, and now to Rhodes, and now of making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico She was unusually quiet, and listened in silence to Christel's ingenuous prattle and the husband's occasional comments. A Divided Heart and Other Stories She let him talk and he never ended: he could go on prattling for ever. Small Souls “It seems to me that our quiet little innocent home is being laid siege to by gentlemen,” prattled Miss Philippa. A Double Knot And in the presence of this appalling condition the professional politicians prattle about tariff revision and indulge in silly twaddle about currency reform and regulation of the trusts. Labor and Freedom The celestial aspects are unfavourable, the conjunctions speak of suffering and blood;—dreams are dark, Kalidon is moody, and the fiends prattle in riddles. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico His bloodthirsty prattle grew into a quaint and horrible harangue eked out with quotations that stuck like burs. Witching Hill A kindly, cheerful little man; but sixty minutes' prattle is as much as Tony can bear. The Gay Adventure A Romance “And make them lay offerings before your shrines,” prattled Miss Isabella. A Double Knot The Piazza before the house was still as death, one heard only the prattling of the brook, and the heavy breathing of the apprentice asleep in the next room. Barbarossa and Other Tales Oh, all this prattle of those who were devoted to the arts! The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life His own tongue was prattled by men and women whose lives seemed to revolve around the shops of the Rue de la Paix, or whose literature was the information of the guide-books. The Key to Yesterday This was such a new sensation that he had no trouble in propping his eyelids till the evening, and he listened with zest while Robert prattled cheerfully of his incredible adventures. The Gay Adventure A Romance He heard a low, rippling laugh, followed by prattling tones. The Cottage of Delight A Novel She took off their cloaks, and listened to their childish prattle about their teachers and the day's lessons. Yiddish Tales Balder stretched out his hands to him, and laughingly prattled on in his merry way. The Children of the World "Silence!" roared the Baron, "and no more prattle." Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The little girl continued to prattle about her papa, whom she evidently loved beyond all else upon earth. Magnhild Dust The prattle of the children behind the house came to his ears. The Cottage of Delight A Novel She writes very rapidly, in a bold, firm hand, heedless of the child who prattles and clings to her skirts. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "If the hard winter were only over," the artist prattled frankly on, without taking the slightest umbrage at the silence of his gloomy companion. The Children of the World A parrot prattling in a cage would affect him as much. The Firebrand After this not very diplomatic introduction to an acquaintance, they stood one on each side of me and prattled away about what at present was working in their minds, with most extraordinary force. Magnhild Dust |
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