"Confabulation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... time, I had seen the great error into the which I had fallen, by entering on a confabulation with Mr Smeddum; so I said to him, "It' no a matter for you and me to dispute about, so I'll thank you to fill my box;" the which manner of putting an end to the debate he took very ill; and after I left the shop, ...
— The Provost • John Galt
... explained portions in which he specially required their co-operation. They were soon as enamoured of the project as he, and eager to begin a career which promised such scope for wild adventure. Some time slipped past while the confabulation lasted, and the dusk of a Shetland summer evening—the poetic "dim"—had fallen upon ...
— Viking Boys • Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby
... sent me your letter. By all means let us have a confabulation as soon as I get back and settle what is to be done with ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 2 • Leonard Huxley
... prolonged carol of acclamation, confabulation, laughter, and cries of "Ah-r, indeed!" told that Anna's word was out. "What difference," Irby lingered to ask, "can an hour or two ...
— Kincaid's Battery • George W. Cable
... calculating whether the archdeacon would expect him to wait for him; and Mrs Grantly was preparing herself for a grand attack which she was to make on her father, as agreed upon between herself and her husband during their curtain confabulation ...
— The Warden • Anthony Trollope
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