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Sir Hubert has lisped in the baron's ear, When drinking wine at the evening hour, That a minstrel clown met his daughter dear At night in her lonely greenwood bower.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

Before the infant has lisped its first word, the work of education has made progress.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

He has lisped one word only to me in the desert—'Passion!'

From Dreams by Schreiner, Olive