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In a long career, 50 years and counting, Mr. Stoppard, 81, has written plays, radio plays and screenplays that have discoursed on everything from Dadaism to analytic philosophy to particle physics to early Pink Floyd.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018

I have discoursed to thee very briefly on the subject, O sinless one.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Forgive me, mother; there's reason in your being called Professorin; you have discoursed like a Professor from his desk.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

Of Tattersall's, the Guards' Club, the society of London, the odds on the "Derby," he could have discoursed well and pleasantly.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

I could have dipped into a style higher than this in which I have discoursed, and could have adorned all things more than here I have seemed to do; but I dared not.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)