Use discourse in a sentence
Sentences ending with discourse
- It was not yet dusk when Master Ulsenius came and broke off our discourse. [10]
- The short sketch which I give is, therefore, merely to maintain the connection of this discourse. [7]
- And now we were told what was the matter of their discourse. [10]
- I could understand them, if not the fresh philosophical novelties of the discourse. [6]
- I took my seat in the cars and set myself to framing the discourse. [5]
- Tom counted the pages of the sermon; after church he always knew how many pages there had been, but he seldom knew anything else about the discourse. [5]
- We will disguise ourselves; I will conduct you; I will lay the garlands in the tombs, we will pray together outside, we will see the sacred procession and the feats of the magicians, and hear the festive discourse. [10]
- Why did you not reveal yourself as a priest, as the speaker of the morning's discourse? [10]
- Many of the metrical preludes to his lectures are a versified and condensed abstract of the leading doctrine of the discourse. [6]
- He was getting impatient with the "says he's" with which Kitty double-leaded her discourse. [6]
Short sentences using discourse
- This discourse attracted him. [10]
- Concord, Second Centennial Discourse, 84-86. [6]
- Historical Discourse, at Concord, 303. [6]
More example sentences with the word discourse in them
- No word of your discourse escaped me. [10]
- Powhatan served the whites with the best he had, and best of all with a friendly welcome and with interesting discourse of the country. [4]
- A dance, for which her partner came to seek her, put an end to her discourse with her future directeur de conscience, but the next evening Monsieur de Jobert came to see Helene when she was alone, and after that often came again. [2]
- And here he was in a frantic paroxysm, and the next day was Sunday, and his morning's discourse was unwritten. [6]
- There is a valuable mental training in closely following a discourse that is valueless in itself. [4]
- Every look, movement, tone, expression, subject of discourse, that may give pain to another is habitually excluded from conversational intercourse. [6]
- It was plain to see that she had long been biding her time for this full and free discourse, and she confessed that she had never shown me such love and care as were indeed my due. [10]
- You have only to look back to Dr. Channing's famous Baltimore discourse and remember the shrieks of blasphemy with which it was greeted, to satisfy yourself on this point. [6]
- Some time after this, happening to meet my eloquent cousin, Wendell Phillips, I mentioned the fact to him, and he told me that he had once used the special image said to be borrowed, in a discourse delivered at Williamstown. [6]
- In time came they to discourse of Cervantes, and of the new painter, Rubens, that is beginning to be heard of. [5]
- Then taking up the thread of the, discourse when it was ended, he began himself to speak. [10]
- The more exalted the spirit of a discourse is, the more important is every word and syllable. [10]
- I was at the same time wholly unconscious of ever having met with the discourse or the sentence which the verses were most like, nor do I believe I ever had seen or heard either. [6]
- In one of the pauses of their discourse, and when half the night had worn away, the single gentleman, who had gradually become more and more silent and thoughtful, turned to his companion and said abruptly: 'Are you a good listener? [12]
- Everybody talked about the new wonder, canvassed the theme of her proposed discourse, and marveled how she would handle it. [5]
- Though given in the form of a discourse, it must be remembered that this was a conversation, much more fragmentary and colloquial than it seems as just read. [6]
- In other respects the Discourse has hardly been touched. [6]
- He is constantly tending to reflect upon and discourse about his own particular stage of life. [6]
- I had some talk with him about the war times; but presently the discourse fell upon 'feuds,' for in no part of the South has the vendetta flourished more briskly, or held out longer between warring families, than in this particular region. [5]
- This discourse had sunk deep into Ann's soul, and had been in her mind when she spoke such brave words to Herdegen, exhorting him to higher aims. [10]
- He has not sufficient command of his temper, is quick, irritable, sometimes punctilious, occasionally indiscreet in his discourse, and tainted with Royalist and Bourbon prejudices. [6]
- Their discourse ceased suddenly, for voices were audible in the emperor's apartments, and they all listened with outstretched necks and bated breath if they might catch a word or two. [10]
- We notice not so much the novelty of the ideas to be found in this discourse on "The Method of Nature," as the pictorial beauty of their expression. [6]
- The Emperor welcomed Smith with a kind countenance, caused him to sit beside him, and with pretty discourse they renewed their old acquaintance. [4]
- There is a slight touch of satire in his discourse now and then, and an odd way of answering one that makes it hard to guess how much more or less he means than he seems to say. [6]
- My uncle had ridden forth at an early hour, and was not yet returned, but my aunt I found below stairs, strange to say, against her wont, dressed and in discourse with the chaplain. [10]
- He, the most profound and keenest student of the noble Greek tongue, who also forced the venerable language in which the Old Testament speaks to discourse to us Germans--" "The Hebrew! [10]
- His discourse on primitive society, his unscientific and unhistoric notions about the original condition of man, were those common in the middle of the eighteenth century. [4]
- Number Five turned on the stream of my discourse by a question. [6]
- Walking one evening on the hill with her, the two stopped just at a turn in the walk--I can show you the exact spot, with a chaperon--and he fell into earnest discourse with her. [4]
- Not a word of this discourse had escaped Mastor, and the often repeated verse, "Come unto me all ye that labor," dwelt in his mind like the invitation of a hospitable friend bidding him to happy days of freedom and enjoyment. [10]
- At this point of the monk's grewsome discourse, Orion turned away with a shudder. [10]
- If any rumor of the former discourse had reached Dartmouth, the audience must have been prepared for a much more startling performance than that to which they listened. [6]
- The greater part of the discourse the reader has had before him was delivered over the teacups one Sunday afternoon. [6]
- On the 12th of September, 1835, Emerson delivered an "Historical Discourse, at Concord, on the Second Centennial Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town. [6]
- Though the rule of her order forbade discourse, she was permitted to teach. [10]
- The wide flood of Emerson's discourse has a hundred rivers and thousands of streamlets for its tributaries. [6]
- On the side of "Nature" we have had, first of all, that remarkable discourse on Self-Limited Diseases, [On Self-Limited Diseases. [3]
- This discourse would not have satisfied the Abolitionists. [6]
- Number Seven interrupted my discourse somewhat abruptly, as is his wont; for we grant him a license, in virtue of his eccentricity, which we should hardly expect to be claimed by a perfectly sound Teacup. [6]
- He had the mortification to see her stroll away with Mr. Meigs to a distant part of the grounds, where they remained in confidential discourse until it was time to return. [4]
- Gone, and no more shall we have any discourse or delight of him, Wearing his pain like a song, casting his troubles behind. [11]
- Her prayer grew more and more to be a discourse with her new-found friend; and, as she finished, she felt absolutely sure that He at least understood her and was not angry with her. [10]
- My Forest-uncle and Master Pernhart had been found in discourse together, and the matter of which they spoke was my Cousin Gotz. [10]
- The centurion Julius Martialis stayed to hear the end of this discourse, and then hurriedly departed. [10]
- This place was known as "Colonel Sprowle's villa," (genteel friends,)--as "the elegant residence of our distinguished fellow-citizen, Colonel Sprowle," (Rockland Weekly Universe,)--as "the neew haouse," (old settlers,)--as "Spraowle's Folly," (disaffected and possibly envious neighbors,)--and in common discourse, as "the Colonel's. [6]
- Some one stole it from him one day, and he could not get on at all with his speech,--he had lost the thread of his discourse, as the story had it. [6]
- The discourse was interrupted, and Alexander, pointing to Melissa, begged his brother to grant them a few minutes' speech with him. [10]
- He looks as if he were giving them a discourse, and they hang on his lips. [10]
- Howbeit, here again I found comfort when I marked at supper that the sweet damsel no longer heeded my simple person, whereas she had at first gazed at me with favor, but hearkened with glowing cheeks to Herdegen's discourse. [10]
- He loved and honored his mother with his whole heart, and feeling that she was doing herself an injustice by her false and low estimate of his proceedings, he interrupted her eager discourse, raising his hands imploringly to her. [10]
- This discourse, as his only printed sermon, and as one which heralded a movement in New England theology which has never stopped from that day to this, deserves some special notice. [6]
- The "Sir" of his harangue was no doubt addressed to myself more than anybody else, but he often uses it in discourse as if he were talking with some imaginary opponent. [6]
- Zeus is preparing his bolts, and if the storm bursts--" Here his discourse was interrupted by the sound of trumpets, mingling with the roar of distant thunder following a vivid flash. [10]
- Smith's discourse of his adventures so entertained the master of one of the vessels, who is described as "this noble Britaine, his neighbor, Captaine la Roche, of Saint Malo," that the much-tossed wanderer was accepted as a friend. [4]
- Whereupon he seated himself between Mr. Drew and the captain and began a discourse on the subject of his own cellar, on which he talked for nearly an hour. [9]
- A shrill whistle here interrupted his discourse, and a voice shouted: "What blessings? [10]
- She listened to her eloquent discourse, but she could not help blushing, used as she was to Lurida's audacities. [6]
- I like to have one--of an intelligent company, who knows anything thoroughly, hold the floor for a time, and discourse upon the subject which chiefly engages his daily thoughts and furnishes his habitual occupation. [6]
- Amasis, whom we have just heard in such grave discourse with Croesus, now indulged in jest and satire. [10]
- Perhaps it was hardly fair to take advantage of their misfortunes to inflict a discourse upon them, but they had brought it on themselves, and we each of us gave them a piece of our mind. [6]
- The rest, who had sat at breakfast, had by good hap heard nought of our disputing, by reason that Master Windecke had so much new matter for discourse that every ear hung on his words; and he, again, forgot to eat while he talked. [10]
- But since Eusebius had begun to discourse about Plato she had been disturbed by two men sitting just in front of her. [10]
- It pleases me greatly to hear you discourse with such approval and expansiveness upon my text: "A foreigner can photograph the exteriors of a nation, but I think that is as far as he can get. [5]
- The ability to grasp a speaker's meaning, or to follow a long discourse, and reproduce either in spirit, and fairly, in a short space, is not common. [4]
- There are in every class half a dozen bright faces to which the teacher naturally, directs his discourse, and by the intermediation of whose attention he seems to hold that of the mass of listeners. [6]
- Pentaur, too, had ended his discourse when Bent-Anat reached the scene of the festival. [10]
- To this note Emerson returned the following answer:-- "What you say about the discourse at Divinity College is just what I might expect from your truth and charity, combined with your known opinions. [6]
- I requited his discourse, seeing what pride he had in his great and spacious Dominions, seeing that all hee knewe were under his Territories. [4]
- After an exhaustive discourse on the elements lacking in the valley soil, to which she had listened in silent intensity, he would exclaim: "By George, Honora, you're a continual surprise to me. [9]
- They deliver a discourse on some point of morality, and all is said. [6]
- Is there not danger in introducing discussions or allusions relating to matters of religion into common discourse? [6]
- Cotton Mather himself could not have disapproved of the Sundays, nor of the discourse of the elderly Doctor Moale (which you heard if you were not a Presbyterian), although the reverend gentleman was distinctly Anglican in appearance and manners. [9]
- But if they could afford to notice her, certainly he could; so he went forward graciously and held out his hand to Cynthia; interrupting Miss Duncan in the middle of a discourse upon her diary. [9]
- Still agitated, she considered that discourse now in her solitude, what it meant for him, for her, for the Church and civilization that a clergyman should have had the courage to preach it. [9]
- Banks had just concluded a discreet discourse upon my accomplishment of the day before, and had left for my newspapers, when he came running back with the information that Miss Manners would see my honour that day. [9]
- But he was commonly trying to find out something, or to produce some impression, as a juggler is working at his miracle while he keeps people's attention by his voluble discourse and make-believe movements. [6]
- When he was come to the end of his discourse he turned toward her and paused a moment, then he said: "Joan, the Church can no longer protect you. [5]
- The "True Travels" close with a discourse upon the bad life, qualities, and conditions of pirates. [4]
- And yet, so changed is the whole aspect of the theological world since the time when that discourse was delivered that it is read as calmly to-day as a common "Election Sermon," if such are ever read at all. [6]
- The author was careful to speak only of men who conceivably might have been in the Virgin Queen's closet and engaged in discourse with her. [5]
- There stood the canopy under which the king and his family were used to listen to the festal discourse, and under its shade sat to-day the Regent Ani. [10]
- Now if we can get you to help plant him--" "Preach the funeral discourse? [5]
- So I shall but briefly, in these memoirs (ay, they shall be written, and with a good heart), travel the trail of history, or discourse upon campaigns and sieges, diplomacies and treaties. [11]
- Continuous discourse is better adapted to the lecture-room than to the tea-table. [6]
- The old man began a discourse. [10]
- A Discourse delivered before the Massachusetts Medical Society, at their Annual Meeting, May 27, 1835. [3]
- There seems to be an impression that strangers go only to hear the organ, which is a sort of rival of that at Freiburg, and do not care much for the well-prepared and protracted discourse in Swiss-German. [4]
- Able and powerful as was Mr. Crewe's discourse, the man and not the words had fastened the wandering attention of Austen Vane. [9]
- The lecturer began as usual-- "Gentlemen," --then, without a smile, he corrected himself, saying-- "Sir," --and went on with his discourse. [5]
- One would almost as soon have expected to see Emerson equipped with a musket and a knapsack as to find a discourse of his clogged with annotations, and trailing a supplement after it. [6]
- His speech was apt to be brief and peremptory; it was a way he had got by ordering patients; but he could discourse somewhat, on occasion, as the reader may find out. [6]
- A lively, wholesome, and encouraging discourse, such as it would do many a forlorn New England congregation good to hear. [6]
- In its simplest and broadest statement this discourse was a plea for the individual consciousness as against all historical creeds, bibles, churches; for the soul as the supreme judge in spiritual matters. [6]
- Hence good writing and brilliant discourse are perpetual allegories. [6]
- To prevent, therefore, all future misprisions, I have compiled this true discourse. [4]
- Carlyle's merciless discourse about Coleridge and Charles Lamb, and Swinburne's carnivorous lines, which take a barbarous vengeance on him for his offence, are on the level of political rhetoric rather than of scholarly criticism or characterization. [6]
- We learned that a very large proportion of diseases get well of themselves, without any special medication,--the great fact formulated, enforced, and popularized by Dr. Jacob Bigelow in the Discourse referred to. [6]
- What Lowell called "the grand simplicities of the Bible," with which he was so familiar, were reflected in his discourse. [7]
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