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He was presented by Dr. ——, a German, the king's physician, with whom he had discoursed much of the different medical systems in Germany and America.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd

And when Joseph was brought unto the king, and he had discoursed with him, he said, Thou art this day firmly established with us, and shalt be intrusted with our affairs.

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George

On this theme, we have seen, he had discoursed with Lavater.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume

She could not at all reconcile it with her memory of the rather silly little boy with the patched trousers, with whom she had discoursed over the garden fence.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.

Though he had discoursed exclusively upon the remodelling of Wycherley's poems, Wycherley himself disdains to offer in return a single word of thanks, of encouragement, of acquiescence, or dissent.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander