Once he wrote to Mr. Rogers that he had translated "In Purgatory" and sent it to Charles Frohman, who pronounced it "all jabber and no play.
It is melancholy to hear them jabber over the same pointless anecdotes three and four times of an evening, forgetting that they had jabbered them over three or four times the evening before.
The jabber in the woods had passed off all at once with the dusk, the water deepening over the bar, and the tide running slower, so that every one's confused face turned breathless with delight as it grew stiller and stiller.
A quick jabberin Chinese followed, as Charley Lung faced his unfortunate compatriots.
Springing from the chair, he waved a long dagger which mysteriously appeared in his talon-like hand and began to shout a shrill jabber of Chinese words.
The military bands play in the long interval; the peasants jabber in unintelligible dialects; the high functionaries on the royal stand are good enough to move around, and let us see how brave and majestic they are.
The tribe of Al Jabber possess the parallel Wadis Adim and Bin Ali, and the road between them across the akaba is much traversed and apparently an ancient one.
He could jabber a few words of French: and she could jabber a few words of German: after an hour they told each other all their secrets.
Presently there was a jabber of voices; the motion ceased.
I expect they are discussing it now; do you hear what a jabber they are kicking up?
I never wuz no hand fur 'memberin' reg'lar names let alone dese yere jabber kind of words lak dese yere French folks talks wid.
It was quaintly amusing to hear her jabber with the wood-boys and the firemen on board and with the people of the various villages where we stopped.
When we left a week later, he could jabber intelligently with any savage he met.
I never pity myself for not being able tojabber French, but I blush for their ignorance.
For a few moments the shrilling of the women and the wild jabber continued.
The mutter of his orders was drowned in the excited jabber of the askaris.
As he hesitated the chief turned away from the door, and the Aleuts now began tojabber among themselves.
At last, as Jesse departed to the top of the sea-wall to learn what was going on along the beach, he began to jabber and attempt to make some signs.
At last the two natives began to jabber together excitedly.
The jabber in the woods had passed off all at once with the dusk, the water deepening over the bar, and the tide running slower, so that everyone's confused face turned breathless with delight as it grew stiller and stiller.
The jabberof the military men sounded strangely in my ears, and as the formidable gutturals jostled each other, I fancied it must have been very like the confusion of Babel, when every man began to speak in a different tongue.
Half the Punjab was going with us to serve the Queen in the Burma Military Police, and it was grateful to catch once more the raw, rasping up-country speech amid the jabber of Burmese and Bengali.
Then they grin and jabber and chew pan and spit, and hurry up the steps into the darkness.
Then, with more excited jabber and shouting, the Frenchmen tumbled over the gunwales and up the steps to the top of the wharf, where they stood in a bunch, waiting for further orders.
The excited jabber which instantly arose among my new shipmates at once apprised me that I was aboard a vessel manned by Frenchmen.
Meeko follows after him, stopping all his jabber and stealing from tree to tree, watching patiently, for hours it need be, until he knows that Deedeeaskh is gathering corn from a certain field.
If he returned unexpectedly and caught one of the intruders, there was always a furious chase and a deal of scolding and squirrel jabber before peace was restored and the peanuts eaten.
He waited with his eyes intently fastened on the curtains, and took no notice of the jabber and confusion that pervaded the hall.
I tell you, he must be a different God, or why should they jabberto him in German?
How can one trust them when one does not know what they are talking among themselves; they jabber like Jews, and when they talked to me they were poking fun at me.
The Frenchman was by this time so close that we could not only see with the utmost distinctness the crew reloading their guns, but could hear the confusedjabber of excited conversation which appeared to be going on unchecked on board.
