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Parleying no more, Silas began chopping so vigorously that the great flakes of chips flew abroad upon the forest floor in a continuous shower, and soon paved it all about him with white blotches.

From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Robinson, Rowland E.

Still Parleying with Renard, all the day with Renard, And scarce a greeting all the day for me— And goes to-morrow.

From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Parleying and demurring over the terms of surrender continued until noon.

From The Lady of Fort St. John by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Silent those listeners sat Parleying in wordless thought.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

The method of the Parleying is something of a new departure, and at the same time something of a reversion.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur