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Prate on about them enough, and you, too, can become an honorary pirate!
Obama's military victory. Ann Althouse 2009
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“Prate not to me, but depart from this tent,” said the
The Talisman 2008
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Prate, and the stupid Dulness of my scholars, roused my Passions, and with them my Views and Impatience of Ambition.
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-- I fear his indiscreet Prate will do harm in this City.
John Adams diary 24, 15 September 1775 - 3 January 1776 1961
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Reflections upon Love, between an Inclination to study and an Inclination to ruminate on the Prate, Banter, laughter, looks, airs of the Girls, is likely to be followed by Victory on the side of Trifles.
John Adams diary 3, includes commonplace book entries, spring and summer 1759 1961
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"Prate not to me, my lord, of truth or honor amongst these savages," he replied.
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"Prate not to me, but depart from this tent," said the Grand Master;
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Prate not of laws, I know of no laws, either of man or God; my law is the right and my holy will.
The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow Upton Sinclair 1923
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Prate as we may of democracy, we must admit, if we are to be honest with ourselves, that this sad old world is a snobocracy.
Kindred of the Dust 1918
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But when they go apart one with another they say: Prate ye to them of that which Allah hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it?
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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