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Show T A LIARI Both number twice a-day the milky dams And once fhe takes the zale of all the lambs. Dryd The herald for the laft proclaim A filence, while they anfwer'd to their names thin the fraud of mufters falfe Dryden's Knight's Tale The tale was juft " Reafons of thingsare rather to be taken by weigh Collier on Cloaths than tale 4. Reckoning ; numeral account In packing, they keep ajuft za/e of the numbe Carew that every hogfhead containeth Money being the common fcal Qf things by meafure, weight and tal In all ch' affairs of church and ftate >Tis both the balance and the weight Butler Twelve returned upon the principal pannel, o the zales, are fworn to try according] to their eviHale dence 5. Information; difclofure of any thing fecret From hour to hour we ripe and ripe .And then from hour to hour we rot and rot Shakefpeare And thereby hangs a rale Birds livein the air freeft, and are apteft by thei voice to tell zales what they find, and by their fligh Bacon to exprefs the fame TALEBE ARER. 7. /. [tale and bear.] On who gives officious or malignant intelli gence The liberty of a common table is a tacit invia tation to all intruders bearers, flatterers. buffoons fpies, zaleL' Eftrange In great families, fome one falfe, paultry zalebearer, by carrying ftories from one to another thall inflame the minds, and difcompofe the quiet Soutb of the whole family TaLEBe'ARING 7. / [tale and bear. The a& of informing ; officious or ma Jignant intelligence "The faid Timothy was extremely officious abou their miftre(s's perfon, endeavouring, by flattery an talebearing, to fet her againft the reft of the fer Saift one extreme to another Ta'nisMan. z /. [Iknow not whence'deA magica rived : weneope, Skinner. character If the phyficians would forbid us to pronounc gout, rheumatifm, and ftone, would that ferve lik Swift {o many talifmans to deftroy the difeafes Pope And careful watch'd the planetary hour Tavrisma'NICK. adj. [from talifman.] Maical The figure ofa heart bleeding upon an altar, o held in the hand of a Cupid, has always been looked upon as talifmanick in drefles of this nature. Add I will buy with you, fell with you, za/k with you Shake[peare but I will not eat with you Now is this vice's dagger become a fquire, an talks as familiarly of John of Gaunt as if he ha been {worn brother to him ; and he never faw hi Shakefpeare's Henry 1V but once The princes refrained talking, and laid their han on their mouth Fob, xxix. 9 The children of thy people ftill za/k againft thee Ezekiel Here free from court-compliances he walks And with himfelf, his beft advifer, talks Waller As God remembers that we are but fleth, unabl to-bear the nearer approaches of divinity, and f talks with us as once with Mofes through a cloud fo he forgets not that he breathed into us th Decay of Piety breath of life, a vital altive fpirit Mention the king of Spain, he #alks very notably; but if you go out of thegazette you drop him Addifon 2. To prattle ; to fpeak impertinently Hypocrites aufterely zal A talent fignified fo much weight, or fum of money, the value differing according to the different ages and countries Arbuthnot Five tal:nts in his debt ‘His means moft fhort, his creditors moft ftraight Shakefpeare Tw tripods caft in antick mould With two great ralents of the fineft gold Dryden gift of nature A me Faculty power taphor borrowed from the talents mentioned in the holy writ. It is ufed fometimes ferioufly, and fometimes lightly Many who knew the treafurer's talest in removing prejudice, and reconciling himfelf to waverin affections, believed the lofs of the duke was ynfea fonable Clarendon He is chiefly to be confiderpd in his three different talents odes as a critick fatirift, and writer o Dryden *Tis fot my talent to conceal my thoughts Or carry fmiles and funthing in my face When difcontent fits heavy at my heart Addifon's Cato They are out of their element, and logick is non Baker on Learning of their ralent Perfons who poflefs the true fa/ent of raillery ar like comets; they are feldom feen, and all at onc adnmiired and feared He, Agelius, thoug Female Quixote otherwife a very worth man, yet having no talent for difputation, recommended Sifinnius, his le€tor, to engage in a conWaterlan ference 4. Quality ; difpofition miitaken ufe An improper an ‘Lhough the nation generally was without an ill talent to the church in doétrine or difcipline, ye they were not without a jealoufy that popery wa not enough difcountcnanced Clarendon What delight to be by fuch extoli'd To live upon'their tongues and be thei ¢4/ Of whom to be defpis'd were no fmall prai;'e TaLk ftone Ak ind of ; French. [talc‘ z / Milteny o Stones compofed of plates are general flexibl an [ elaftick : as, talk, cazlgr;'::!e: glimmer, of which there are three forts, the.yel or goldén, the white or filvery, and the black Wosdward w Venetian talk kept in a beat of a glarfs ;ufifl' though brittle an difcoloured, had not [oft mucl; of its bulk, and feemed nearer of Kin to ¢4/ tha mere earth By, 7o TaLk. w. n. [taelen, Dutch. Ta'LkaTive. adj. [from talk.] Fuljo 1. To {peak in converfation ; tofpeak flaprate; loquacious ently and familiarly, not in fet {peeches IfI have held you overlong, lay hardly the fayl upon my ol to converfe Roave Confider well the time when Petavius firft bega to talk in that manner Waterland 7. /. [talentum, Lat. 3. Subje&t of difcourfe an. Of talifmans and figils knew the power Arbuthnot TA'LENT z nature to run fro Of purity Milton My heedlefs tongue has. za/k'd away this life vants i It is the talent of huma B B¥ 3. To give account "The cryftalline fphere, whofe balance weigh The trepidation talk'd Milton - The natural hiftories of Switzerland za/k much o the fall of thefe rocks, and the great damage done We will confider whethe heir as our author ta/ks of Addifor Ada had any fuc Locke 4. 'To {peak ; to reafon ; to confer Let me ta/k with thee of thy judgments Fere xili 1 Will ye fpeak wickedly for God, and ¢a/k deceit fully for him It i Fob, xiii. 7 a difficult tafk to ta/k to th purpofe, an to put life and perfpicuity into our difcourfes Collier on Pride Talking over the things which you have read wit your companions, fixesthem upon the mind. #atts Tavrx. n / [from the verb. 1, Oral converfation ; fluent and familia {peech We do remember; but our argumen Is all too heavy to admit much ta/k Shakefpeare Perceiving his foldiers difmayed, he forbad the to have any ta/k with the enemy Knolles's Hiftory of the Turks How can he get wifdom that driveth oxen, i occupied in their labours, and whofe za/k is of bullocks Ecclus, xxxviil . This ought to weigh with thofe whofe readin Is defigned for much ta/k and little knowledge Locke _In various za/k th' inftru@ive hours they paft Who gave the bail, or paid the vifit laft Pope 2. Report ; rumour I hear a talk up and down of raifing our money as a means te retain our wealth, and keep our mo ney from being carried away Locke age, which in its difpofition is talka tive Sldflfy This may prove an inftru@ive leflon to the dit affected, not to build hopes on the talkative zealotg /% of their party Aldifon I am athamed I cannot make a quicker progrefs in the French, where every body is fo courteous and talkative Add%,,_ The coxcomb bird fo zalkative and grave That fro knave hi cag crie cuckold . whore, and Though many a paffenger he rightly call Yo hold him no philofopher at all Pepe TA'LKATIVENESS. 7 /. [from zalkative Loquacity; garrulity ; fulnefs of prate, We call this talkativene[s a feminine vice; but he that fhall appropriate loquacity to women, ma perhaps fometimes need to light Diogenes's candl to feek a man Gowvernmen of the Tongue o fa ) Learned women have loft all credit by their im- ; pertinent ralkativenefs and conceit Swifte 1 TA'LxER. 2 /. [from talt. 1. One who talks an Let me give for inftance fome of thofe writerso talkers who deal much in the words Nature or Fate Watts =) e 2. A loquacious perfon ; a prattler Keep me company but two years Thou fhait not know the found of thineown tonguer ~-Farewell ; I'll grow a talker for this jeer. Shaks If it were defirable to have a child a more brifk talker, ways might be found to make hi foj but a wife father had rather his fon fhould be ufefu when a man, than pretty company. Locke on Educ 3. A boafter; a bragging fellow The greateft talkers in the days of peace have been the moft pufillanimous in the day of tempta- Taylor tion TA'LXY. adj. [from ralk.] Confifting of talk ; refembling talk. The talky flakes in the ftrata were all formed before the fubfidence, along with the fand Woodward on Feffils Tavrr. adj. [td], Welth. ki 1. High in ftature Bring word, how ta/l the is. Shaks Ant. and Cleop Two of nobler fhape Mili Ere@ and rall 2. High ; lofty Wiads rufh'd abroa From the four hinges of the world, and fel Onm the vext wiidernefs, whofe ra//eft pires Though rooted deep as high, and fturdieft oaks, 1) Bow'd their ftiff necks. Milten's Paradife Regained i t c n h a t a i t lop o an They lop tha timber fubftantia an found ¢a// th awa ufed to thelter them from the winds Ma they encreaf Dawenant as faft, and fpread thei boughs As the high fame of their great owner grows May he live long enough to fee them al Dark fhadows caft, and as his palace ra/l Methinks I fee the love that fhall be mad'C,W_ #aller fhade am'rou tha i walkin lover "Th 3. .Sturdy + N | TN |