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Pensive through the land of Lotus, Sauntered we by Nilus' side; Garrulous old Herodotus Still our mentor, still our guide, Prating of the mystic bliss Of Isis and of Osiris.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

But ’tis a Vein of Prating which I am indulg’d in, more by you than by any body.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

"Prating like a school-boy about a summons from Miss Wardour."

From The Diamond Coterie by Lynch, Lawrence L.

A Pox o’ your Petticoat; here’s such a Prating, a Man can’t digest his own Thoughts for you.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

Prating of heaven, for earth their bosom beats!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright