All 5 Uses of
discourse
in
Oliver Twist
- At this point of Mr. Bumble's discourse, Oliver, just hearing enough to know that some allusion was being made to his mother, recommenced kicking, with a violence that rendered every other sound inaudible.†
Chpt 7
- The young gentleman smiled, as if to intimate that the latter fragments of discourse were playfully ironical; and finished the beer as he did so.†
Chpt 8 *
- 'Not a bit of it,' replied the Dodger, stopping the subject of discourse as Mr. Chitling was about to reply.†
Chpt 25
- He lighted his lantern from that which Monks had detached from the rope, and now carried in his hand; and making no effort to prolong the discourse, descended in silence, followed by his wife.†
Chpt 38
- You gave me leave, at any time within a year, to renew the subject of our last discourse.'†
Chpt 51
Definition:
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
or much more rarely: to speak or write formally on a particular topic; or to have a conversation