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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.
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the
steps.
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the
steps.
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped read more
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped from politics to puns;
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws that keep
The planets in the radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels or shoeing horses.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
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?
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
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.
