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  • The boy, who had been regarding him with the tolerant curiousness one accords to the prattlings of the feeble-minded, answered promptly.

    Page 3 2010

  • Of course, these are the prattlings of the "less aware"'or "necessarily naive."

    Five Good Small-Breed Bird Hunting Dogs 2009

  • Indeed, home is what one makes it, not the prattlings of the ill-informed 'chattering classes' who run for cover as soon as a little hard work is called for.

    An Enduring Marriage 2009

  • Of course, these are the prattlings of the "less aware"'or "necessarily naive."

    Five Good Small-Breed Bird Hunting Dogs 2009

  • Because of the esteem in which Thrall inexplicably holds you, I shall ignore your prattlings as that of a madman.

    The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

  • I'm reading "Eisenhorn" thanks to the fanboyish prattlings of a certain SF blog (whistling innocently).

    Books Received for July 2008, Week 3 (+ Book Meme) 2008

  • Because of the esteem in which Thrall inexplicably holds you, I shall ignore your prattlings as that of a madman.

    The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

  • The instrument from which Poe could evoke such dooms was perfectly capable of producing notes from its upper register like the music of a tin whistle, the prattlings of a Haynes Bayly or the bleats of a Wordsworth.

    Unmade noises. Ann Althouse 2009

  • Combine this with Tim McCarver's incessant proctologic prattlings and you have a recipe for watching The Daily Show instead.

    Stephen Kaus: Broadcast Sports: Buck and McCarver Are About to Destroy Another World Series 2008

  • The half-baked prattlings of the right wing libertarian blogger, hedgie, charity commission investigatee, unmitigated self aggrandiser, false prophet, infiltrator of both fascists and SDP, and pernicious tax avoider Paul Staines aka Guido Fawkes aka Mr GuF are, according to the great dramatist himself, to form the new foundation for the decisions of those scaling the towering heights of global capitalism.

    Guido Fawkes: Karl Marx Predicted End is Nigh 2008

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