read a lecture
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At a meeting of the National Swine Industry Committee in Chicago, he read a lecture to the processors and distributors of meat products.
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He'll read a lecture on an aspect of the woman question he's never thought about.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Gentle Northumberland, If thy offences were upon record, Would it not shame thee in so fair a troop To read a lecture of them?
From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William
Would you put on a frock-coat and read a lecture?
From Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev by Seltzer, Thomas
The lectures are not generally announced before-hand, but one day the newspapers got hold of the subject, and informed all the world that Professor Diterici would read a lecture upon Pera and the desert festivals.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
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