Willis rope-a-doped us all night.

He was the first one to use gelatin in his buttercreams, and to make such extensive use of the freezer.

If I live, an' please your honour, but once to get through it, I will never tell it again, quoth Trim, either to man, woman, or child--Poo--poo! said my uncle Toby--but with accents of such sweet encouragement did he utter it, that the corporal went on with his story with more alacrity than ever.

Among the intelligentsia he was best known for his fervent but pointless monologues, or his mansuetudinous dialogues with himself.