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No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk;
Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things
I shall read more
No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk;
Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things
I shall digest it.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
Oft has it been my lot to mark
A proud, conceited, talking spark.
Oft has it been my lot to mark
A proud, conceited, talking spark.
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
