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But for this veto I should gladly have prattled over half a sheet more, and have discoursed on many heroes and heroines of novels whom fond memory brings back to me.

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Men who have prattled of peace, of brotherhood, freedom, and right!

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Children would have prattled at her knee, and their children would have made glad the silent house.

From The Wall Between by Bassett, Sara Ware

And well it may, for they who have prattled of your engagement, have done so principally because they are incapable of maintaining a conversation on any thing else.

From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore

How much longer Tarbush might have prattled on in his double capacity of officer and gossip remained uncertain.

From The Broken Gate A Novel by Hough, Emerson