discourser

Example Sentences

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But truth to tell, Dominic Iglesias had not only grown very weary of discourse and discourser, but somewhat impatient also.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

As I belong to worship and affect In honour honesty, the tract of ev'rything Would by a good discourser lose some life, Which action's self was tongue to.

From King Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William

He is described by Clarendon as "a man of grave aspect, of a presence that drew respect, and of great parts and ability, but passionate and supercilious and too voluminous a discourser in council."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

And, perhaps, a long discourse is none the more acceptable when it is palpable to the hearers that the discourser has committed it to memory, and is bound to go on to the bitter end.

From By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects by Adams, William Davenport

DAW: There's Aristotle, a mere common-place fellow; Plato, a discourser; Thucydides and Livy, tedious and dry; Tacitus, an entire knot: sometimes worth the untying, very seldom.

From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben