I had also arrived to some little diversions and amusements, which made the time pass a great deal more pleasantly with me than it did before—first, I had taught my Poll, as I noted before, to speak; and he did it so familiarly, and talked so articulately and plain, that it was very pleasant to me; and he lived with me no less than six-and-twenty years.
Ik had mij eenige vermakelijkheden verschaft, die mij den tijd aangenamer deden omgaan dan vroeger. Vooreerst had ik mijn papegaai leeren spreken, en hij klapte zoo aardig en vertrouwelijk, dat ik geloof, dat nooit een vogel beter sprak.