had discoursed
- past perfect of discourse.
Example Sentences
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On the way he had discoursed about all there was to be seen in Kyoto.
From Kimono by Paris, John
Late in the evening I directed my steps across the bridge to the green, where I had discoursed with the p. 26Irish itinerants.
From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry
‘Well,’ said the tinker, after we had discoursed some time, ‘little thought, when I first saw you, that you were of my own trade.’
From Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph)
Finely as he had discoursed at the hut of the negroes, before the corpse was brought out, that was scarcely the time, that was certainly not the place, for a crowning effort of his genius.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
Where Franklin had discoursed Poor Richard philosophy, there now gathered each Sunday night a company in which "the greatest of the Americans" would have delighted.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert
