All 5 Uses of
discourse
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- After such imaginary discourse, the passenger in his fancy would dig, and dig, dig—now with a spade, now with a great key, now with his hands—to dig this wretched creature out.†
Chpt 1.3
- But, he feigned not to notice the two strangers, and fell into discourse with the triumvirate of customers who were drinking at the counter.†
Chpt 1.5
- Among these, accordingly, much discoursing with spirits went on—and it did a world of good which never became manifest.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- Their three heads had been close together during this brief discourse, and it had been as much as they could do to hear one another, even then: so tremendous was the noise of the living ocean, in its irruption into the Fortress, and its inundation of the courts and passages and staircases.†
Chpt 2.21
- That, Mr. Lorry," said Mr. Cruncher, wiping his forehead with his arm, as an announcement that he had arrived at the peroration of his discourse, "is wot I would respectfully offer to you, sir.†
Chpt 3.9
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