"Like a talking-machine when it isn't wound up enough," she decided.

" Miss Lind, in spite of her sensible views as to talking shop, was not interested in the least.

The Talking tree.

Jerry Todd and the talking frog.

"Look here," exclaimed the overwrought Mr. Culpepper; "why not eat your pudding, and leave off talking nonsense?

But your uncle will come back again, Betsy, and we will now think of where we are to get the cage to keep the talking parrot in, he is to bring home; and go and tell Susan to bring the candles, and ask her if the nice cake is almost baked, that she promised to give us for our tea.

Harriet S. Adams & Edna C. Squier (C); 26Mar56; R166995. Tom Swift and his talking pictures; or, The greatest invention on record.

You reciprocate by giving me a talking point.

In the debate with open doors, this precious person makes a speech, which is printed, and read all over the Union, and he at once becomes famous, and takes the lead in the public mind over all these executive men, who, of course, are full of indignation to find one who has no tact or skill, and knows he has none, put over them by means of this talking power which they despise.

We went at once to the castle; and thirty minutes after leaving Castleman's we were in the small parlor or talking room of Duchess Margaret, where the famous letter to the king of France had been signed by Duke Charles.

Besides these, there are the talking members who take part in every debate, often without knowing anything of the question, save what they learn while the debate is proceeding, and the idle members, who do nothing but votegenerally I believe, without knowing anything of the question whatever; but to neither of these classes did Verplanck belong.

The talking mina was dancing on my bare stomach and calling out his human vocabulary.

Either she or the Doctor always took the night-watch after the talking mood set in, for they could not judge of the effect it might have on any of the servants.

"A motor-car isn't the best place for talking secrets," he laughed.

There must be no more holding up of essential parts of guns, no more writing and talking sedition.

" Tom looked at him with the quaintest smile: a flush of mingled anger and contempt had been rising in him as he heard the ex-bottle-boy talking sentiment: but he only went on quietly, "No, sir; with your more delicate sensibilities, you may thank Heaven that you did not become a medical man; your life would have been one of torture, disgust, and agonising sense of responsibility.

For Washington understood that peace does not consist in talking platitudes at conferences, but in organizing a sovereignty strong enough to coerce its subjects.

All England is one great menagerie, and, all at once, the jackal, who admires the gilded cage of the royal beast, must protest against the vulgarity of the talking-bird's and the nightingale's being willing to become a part of the exhibition!

The matrons ceased to gossip; the royalists left off talking politics, and all gathered about to witness the scene.

However, dont let us waste the whole afternoon talking stuff.

" I fancy the good man had been no more talking prose, than an awkward country boy has been really walking all his life, because he has been contriving somehow to put one leg before the other.

There are many limitations to the use of the other for talking purposes, and it cannot be drawn upon too strongly by the man of science.

Fair Empresse of th' Elysian shades, Ceres bright daughter intercede for mee, To thy incensed mother: prithee bid her Leave talking riddles, wilt thou?...

I remember, my lord, many have done so very oft; but women are troubled especially with this talking disease; many of them have I heard answer in their dreams, and tell what they did all day awake.

Hans Christian Andersen, as we behold him in his startling memoirs, thrilling from top to toe with an excruciating vanity, and scouting even along the street for shadows of offencehere was the talking dog.