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The bore is not a ruminating animal, carnivorous, not sagacious prosing long-winded tenacious of life, though not vivacious. The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open.
If anything could have added gall to bitterness, it was the choice which Saddletree made of a subject for his prosing harangues, being the trial of Effie Deans, and the probability of her being executed. Every word fell on Butler's ear like the knell of a death-bell, or the note of a screech-owl.
I have at times begun to think back upon my life, and to recollect what a nasty, mean, greedy, calculating, selfish fellow I've been throughout, never troubling myself about other people's comforts, or so on, but going on as if every body was only created to promote mine; and I'd have been glad, Catherine, before I went into my grave, which won't be long too I own to you I would have been glad, for once in my life to have done a purely good, unselfish thing made a sacrifice, as you pious folk call it; and, therefore, to own the truth, I have been very sorry, and could not help feeling disappointed, as here you've sat prosing this half hour and more, showing me what a great deal I was to get by this notable arrangement of yours."
He could never look at her again without being reminded of those infinite latent possibilities, without wondering what new and perhaps more charming, more surprising varieties of look and tone and manner could be evoked. And while Sanders was talking prosing on and on about things Norman either already knew or did not wish to know he was thinking of her.
"I was too impatient to stay at home and listen to the parson's prosing," said Mr. Hazeldean, nervously. "I have shaken Dale off. Tell me what has passed. Oh, don't fear, I'm a man, and can bear the worst." Randal drew the squire's arm within his, and led him into the adjacent park. "My dear sir," said he, sorrowfully, "this is very confidential what I am about to say.
Or Wordsworth with his eternal Here we go up, and up, and up, and here we go down, down, and here we go roundabout, roundabout! Look at the nerveless laxity of his Excursion! What interminable prosing! The language is out of condition: fat and fozy, thick-winded, purfled and plethoric. Can he be compared with Pope? Fie on't! no, no, no! Pugh, pugh! Tickler. Southey Coleridge Moore? North.
Characters of folly or simplicity, such as those of old Woodhouse and Miss Bates, are ridiculous when first presented, but if too often brought forward or too long dwelt upon, their prosing is apt to become as tiresome in fiction as in real society.
"The party is not in the least what your chaperone expected; indeed, we can hardly be dignified by the name of a party at all, but you see how happy she is. She even enjoyed dear old Groombridge's prosing last night, and she has been very happy in church, and now she is going to see the dairy.
Monica seemed to listen attentively, but before long she accustomed herself to wear this look whilst in truth she was thinking her own thoughts. And as often as not they were of a nature little suspected by her prosing companion. He believed himself the happiest of men.
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