Both Uses of
discourse
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Her attitude was that of a person who listens, either to the external world of sound, or to the imagined discourse of thought.†
Chpt 40-42 *
- These somewhat pathetic evidences of a mind crazed with care and love were the subject of discourse in Warren's malt-house when Oak entered from Casterbridge with tidings of sentence.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(discourse) a serious speech, writing, or conversation on a particular topic
or much more rarely: to speak or write formally on a particular topic; or to have a conversation