And that is all; the song scarcely begins before it ends, or collapses; for in most cases the pure sweet opening strain is followed by a curious little farrago of gurgling and squeaking sounds, and little fragments of varied notes, often so low as to be audible only at a few yards' distance.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Where had he acquired this language, this farrago of phrases from Godey's Ladies' Magazine?
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
He gave some "sure-enough" facts as to his birth, education, and manner of life, but mixed in with the truth such a medley of grotesque falsehoods about his habits of study, eating, and drinking, that he supposed the whole farrago would be thrown into the waste-paper basket.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson