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    1. Lao Tzu in his discourse on Taoism says:


    2. with the free flowing discourse,


    3. nauseum with a discourse on the art of Florence, Sienna,


    4. " The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus as a dove during his Baptism, and in his Farewill Discourse after the Last Supper Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to his disciples after his departure


    5. Isocrates, in what is called his discourse against the sophists


    6. But the sprites were getting restles at Fizzicist's incessant harking on with a repetitious discourse on shrubs that were so obviously different


    7. The principles upon which it was founded are explained by Mr Law himself, in a discourse concerning money and trade, which he published in Scotland when he first proposed his project


    8. I was about to begin a didactic discourse on the damages of


    9. The professor turned to me after finishing his discourse and said,


    10. This gradual fall in the average price of grain, it is probable, therefore, is ultimately owing neither to the one regulation nor to the other, but to that gradual and insensible rise in the real value of silver, which, in the first book of this discourse, I have endeavoured to show, has taken place in the general market of Europe during the course of the present century

    11. Rex opened the discourse with


    12. And of course there was her „It Takes a Village," a sophomoric tome that did absolutely nothing to encourage intelligent discourse in America


    13. Following this discourse, Mrs


    14. After several years of heated discourse between


    15. of discourse, explaining the subject clearly with illustrations and


    16. he walked out of a discourse when the speaker uttered a Vedic


    17. And what of the new science of proof through testing, whose answers would be tested in the court of public discourse


    18. Those answers would now more insistently set the course of public discourse


    19. What was unusual, though, was he was almost cordial in his discourse with me on both occasions


    20. The Reverend Doctor was reputed to be a very eloquent speaker; and, bearing in mind the old dictum that a minister should take his best clothes to the city and his best sermons to the country, he delivered a very scholarly and impressive discourse

    21. And what's the matter with a nice tasty discourse on heaven for New Year's? Though it wouldn't be half as interesting as hell, girl--not half


    22. Some have questioned if The Prince was a satire, as Machiavelli’s discourse on Livy’s history of Rome stressed political morality


    23. Theodore remained silent through my discourse, and a little while longer


    24. [26] Pabongka Rinpoche, Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment, new revised edition, edited in the Tibetan by Trijang Rinpoche, translated into English by Michael Richards (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2006), 389


    25. 8 Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint yourself with their proverbs, for of them you shall learn instruction, and how to


    26. 11 The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changes as the moon


    27. When values fought for over the centuries are disintegrated in a burst of jackhammer theorizing the words of civil discourse disappear


    28. Without the institutions of civil discourse there is no procedure for the redress of wrongs


    29. 13 Then she told him the discourse of the angel who had appeared to her and had given her a sign;


    30. The term metaphysics (from the Greek meta, beyond or along with, and physika, physical material) is often taken to refer to the esoteric, the mystical, the transcendental, or the religious aspects of human discourse

    31. 19 But Jared when he heard this discourse from the elder, wondered; and went in here and in there, but at that moment he found not one of his children


    32. My father had taken me to his library when I first visited his home in Transylvania with him, shown me the layers and halls of books lining the walls, ranging from the inception of time to modern day discourse


    33. This would include easy divorce, licentious sex, gay marriage, abortion, destruction of the family, driving religion from public discourse, denigration of the individual, extreme environmentalism, anti-human pseudo-science, destruction of the free market economy, and other ideas and programs discussed in the present book


    34. The rebels played a different game, one that did not recognize rules of civil discourse


    35. 23 And Zelicah desired Joseph in her heart, that he should lie with her, and at the time that Joseph was sitting in the house doing his work, Zelicah came and sat before him, and she enticed him daily with her discourse to lie with her, or ever to look at her, but Joseph would not listen to her


    36. While he was actively involved in religious endeavors, Roger was also dedicating precious time to participate in political discourse in the communities where he lived and worked


    37. Roger became active and somewhat influential again in the political and intellectual life and discourse of the college


    38. 19 But Jared when he heard this discourse from the elder wondered; and went in here and in there but at that moment he found not one of his children


    39. 23 And Zelicah desired Joseph in her heart that he should lie with her and at the time that Joseph was sitting in the house doing his work Zelicah came and sat before him and she enticed him daily with her discourse to lie with her or ever to look at her but Joseph would not listen to her


    40. As the new men brought the horses into readiness, Sari, who though frightened, had never been far from Moshe during the entire discourse quietly offered, eyes still averted, “I would stay here, to await your return

    41. On account of all these miseries, I am compelled to seek a friend in whom I can confide better than I can confide in myself, who will consider my pain and sorrow and want, who will sympathize with me, console and sustain me by his virtue and eloquence, and uplift me by his most wholesome discourse


    42. been far from Moshe during the entire discourse quietly offered, eyes still averted, “I would


    43. cosmology when, in a discourse proclaimed from the window that opens onto Saint


    44. Is the discourse on love proposed by Sophia-Analysis something new?


    45. And this is where my new discourse comes in


    46. One reader will consider my discourse on the illusion of religion, to be the incoherent ravings of a sinner who was probably beaten senseless by a gang of sadistic nuns; whilst another reader will consider these comments as boringly obvious, 100% correct, completely accurate, and hardly worth saying!


    47. discourse into the superficial and the cynical (Postman, 1985)


    48. In the previous three and a half months I'd taken tea and enjoyed polite discourse with female teachers and headmistresses after performing at their school, as well as with ‘friends of the theatre’ after performances of Sweeney Todd


    49. I heard much discourse, but the lips I did not see


    50. Still, tolerance of this discourse shall serve thee well, as time goes by














































    1. 8 After God had so discoursed to them, they went back to the Cave of Treasures


    2. 8 After God had so discoursed to them they went back to the Cave of Treasures


    3. His father discoursed on the weather and his trip, the speed and conditions, the police and other cars on the road


    4. " Then the Master discoursed at some length on the earthly family as an illustration of the heavenly family, restating the two fundamental laws of living: the first commandment of love for the father, the head of the family, and the second commandment of mutual love among the children, to love your brother as yourself


    5. 16 Although Jesus discoursed for several hours, Thomas was not yet satisfied, for he said: "But, Master, we do not find that the Father in heaven always deals kindly and mercifully with us


    6. 4 And then Jesus discoursed on the dangers of courage and faith, how they sometimes lead unthinking souls on to recklessness and presumption


    7. Small companies of inquirers assembled each afternoon by the seaside, where some of the evangelists or apostles discoursed to them


    8. In Chapter 2, Krishn told Arjun that the knowledge he had discoursed


    9. Feeling the need to review stratagem he turned to face his kindred and discoursed: “Those of you adept at close-quarter combat will sortie with me shortly


    10. Before long he came across his kinsman whereupon they locked stares and discoursed:

    11. approbation; for, after we had discoursed with Capellus


    12. "I believe," replied Sancho, "that this Merlin, or those enchanters who enchanted the whole crew your worship says you saw and discoursed with down there, stuffed your imagination or your mind with all this rigmarole you have been treating us to, and all that is still to come


    13. And while he fastened up his box he discoursed about the doctor's patients


    14. given utterance to in hours! They were silent--yet discoursed, how eloquently?


    15. They seemed glad to meet and rest awhile in the meadow; here they discoursed with one another of what they had seen in the other world


    16. "I do not recollect now all the various subjects of which we discoursed, madame," continued the count with perfect calmness; "but I perfectly remember that, falling into the error which others had entertained respecting me, you consulted me as to the health of Mademoiselle de Villefort


    17. The obsequious waiters were in evening dress, the walls were covered with lofty plate-glass mirrors in carved and gilded frames, and at certain hours of the day and night an orchestra consisting of two violins and a harp discoursed selections of classic music


    18. Thus they discoursed together till late at night; and after they had committed themselves to their Lord for protection,


    19. She paused on her way back to talk to old Master Bunney who was putting in some garden-seeds, and discoursed wisely with that rural sage about the crops that would make the most return on a perch of ground, and the result of sixty years' experience as to soils—namely, that if your soil was pretty mellow it would do, but if there came wet, wet, wet to make it all of a mummy, why then—


    20. And while he fastened up his box he discoursed about the doctor's

    21. Thus he discoursed gravely and paternally; in default of examples, he invented parables, going directly to the point, with few phrases and many images, which characteristic formed the real eloquence of Jesus Christ


    22. But in spite of that I discoursed with great heat on what I did know


    23. By this time Ardalion Alexandrovitch was quite intoxicated, and he kept his companion listening while he discoursed eloquently and pathetically on subjects of all kinds, interspersed with torrents of recrimination against the members of his family


    1. Searchers usually turn to spiritual pursuits of attending religious discourses, meditation camps and reading of scriptures and the like


    2. As we retire from regular jobs, there is a tendency to spend more time in worship of our chosen deities, attending discourses, visiting places of worship and holy places and so on


    3. Scriptures are for guidance; particularly for the masses many of them come to know of the contents through discourses by religious teachers


    4. The mind of India can be defined as that conveyed by the most significant aspects of Indian Philosophy through scriptures and discourses


    5. There were more distractions for long discourses on the subjects of this book


    6. In 1751 and 1752, when Mr Hume published his Political Discourses, and soon after the great multiplication of paper money in Scotland, there was a very sensible rise in the price of provisions, owing, probably, to the badness of the seasons, and not to the multiplication of paper money


    7. That said, classical Rome left us with the De Rerum Natura of Lucretius, the Discourses of Epictetus, the Orations and writings of Cicero, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and the Annals of Tacitus


    8. After the discourses, depending on the people around, there used to


    9. discourses, literary composition, the chaturmaas sites and so on


    10. itinerary, discourses, literary composition, the chaturmaas sites and so

    11. that I have been preaching all my life through my discourses and


    12. 7 "O Seth, my son, you know this world that it is full of sorrow, and of weariness; and you know all that has come on us, from our trials in it I therefore command you follow in these words to keep innocency, to be pure and just, and trusting in God; and lean not to the discourses of Satan, nor to the apparitions in which he will show himself to you


    13. 8 And now, my children, hear the discourses of the father of the Earth, how fearful and awful it is to come before the face of the ruler of the Earth, how much more aweful and awful it is to come before the face of the ruler of Heaven, the controller of quick and dead, and of the Heavenly troops


    14. 7 "O Seth my son you know this world that it is full of sorrow and of weariness; and you know all that has come on us from our trials in it I therefore command you follow in these words to keep innocency to be pure and just and trusting in God; and lean not to the discourses of Satan nor to the apparitions in which he will show himself to you


    15. 8 And now my children hear the discourses of the father of the Earth how fearful and awful it is to come before the face of the ruler of the Earth how much more aweful and awful it is to come before the face of the ruler of Heaven the controller of quick and dead and of the Heavenly troops


    16. 26 And some people from Jerusalem said Is not this he whom they seek to kill? And note he discourses with them openly and they said nothing to him


    17. One-sided discourses hardly lead to the ability to think and compare, and therefore to debate


    18. 16 numerical discourses of the Buddha: an anthology of Suttas from the anguttara


    19. discourses of His Father and He would take a loaf of bread


    20. Lord Jesus giving discourses about HIS Father in Heaven

    21. ; Pali: Sakyamuni; English: “sage of the Shakyas”), is the key figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules were said to have been summarized after his death and memorized by the sangha


    22. 10 Though Jesus' public teaching mainly consisted in parables and short discourses, he invariably taught his apostles by questions and answers


    23. He would always pause to answer sincere questions during his later public discourses


    24. He would not hesitate to interrupt Jesus in the midst of one of the Master's most profound discourses to ask an apparently foolish question


    25. They loved their Master and Jesus loved them, but they never interrupted his discourses with questions


    26. In spite of his discourses, as the waywardness of his sons grew out of bounds, his hard feelings for the wealthy reached obsessive proportions


    27. When he was interrupted in his discourses with multitudinous questions, his answers were always significant and conclusive


    28. The evangelists and apostles were altogether absorbed in their meditations regarding the discourses of the Master on religion to which they had listened en route to Sidon


    29. In the various discourses he taught that two things are essential to faith-entrance into the kingdom:


    30. 8 Of all the discourses which the Master gave his apostles, none ever became so confused in their minds as this one, given this Tuesday evening on the Mount of Olives, regarding the twofold subject of the destruction of Jerusalem and his own second coming

    31. Although Jesus delivered other discourses to the apostles during the early evening hours of the day, this talk of Thursday forenoon was his farewell address to the combined camp group of apostles and chosen disciples, both Jews and gentiles


    32. 7 The first time any two of their witnesses approached even the semblance of an agreement was when two men testified that they had heard Jesus say in the course of one of his temple discourses that he would "destroy this temple made with hands and in three days make another temple without hands


    33. S teps to Freedom / Discourses on the Alchemy of the Heart, by Reshad Feild


    34. Receiving the monthly discourses will enable those who turn within to the Higher Self for their escape from hell, to have their psychic time loops removed, disconnecting them from Dominion‘s electromagnetic time loop


    35. As I stated before, those who are already adept, may establish their own protection in this regard; otherwise, those who begin the discourses and/or attend a workshop will receive that protection as a matter of course


    36. This means that regular participation in the receiving and study of the discourses may be indicated, as well as regular communication and communion with the Higher Self


    37. There is more to be learned in some of my discourses and workshops, but understanding things in terms of creation will allow you to be taken after your escape, to a place where you can be educated


    38. In addition, we will make both monthly discourses and workshops available to those who contact the Mani-Om-Sah Institute at maniomsah


    39. They can speak of discourses


    40. discourses that have been made effectual by

    41. discourses, we could so gild and beautify the


    42. “Why I never heard that before though I did attend some discourses on the Gita here and there


    43. He has affirmed this in many discourses, including the one in July


    44. Krishn finally discourses upon where this


    45. Krishn now discourses on the collective form of the


    46. intellectual discourses lead only to even more confusion and speculation, while the


    47. Attend a few preparatory discourses where you soak in the understanding you gained in the Foundation Truth and then you are ready for the Maha Aasmani Retreat


    48. Sirshree’s discourses and retreats are held free of cost


    49. And those who are not ready are made ready by requesting them to attend some more discourses


    50. moral discipline, the set of discourses and the set of wisdom;





































    1. 5 And while they were discoursing about this matter, and before the company of Ishmaelites had come up to them, seven trading men of Midian passed by them, and as they passed they were thirsty, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the pit in which Joseph was immured, and they looked, and note every species of bird was on him


    2. 5 And while they were discoursing about this matter and before the company of Ishmaelites had come up to them seven trading men of Midian passed by them and as they passed they were thirsty and they lifted up their eyes and saw the pit in which Joseph was immured and they looked and note every species of bird was on him


    3. Smythe was discoursing on how the recruits coming off the farms nowadays were not on a par with those that you saw when he was a young man


    4. eous impulses? Discoursing on this, Krishn has said that people’s dispos-


    5. The name is an unfortunate one as far as music goes, and Goethe's putting it into his heroine's mouth just when she was most enraptured, seems to support the view I sometimes adopt in discoursing to the Man of Wrath that he had no sense of humour


    6. Thus discoursing, the pair proceeded until they reached a town where it was their good luck to find a bone-setter, with whose help the


    7. Albert was soon deeply engrossed in discoursing upon Paris and Parisian matters, speaking to the countess of the various persons they both knew there


    8. Every body present, on hearing the circumstances, thought this a most judicious and lenient sentence; but so thought not the other servant lasses of the town; for in the evening, as I was going home, thinking no harm, on passing the Cross-well, where a vast congregation of them were assembled with their stoups discoursing the news of the day, they opened on me like a pack of hounds at a tod, and I verily believed they would have mobbed me had I not made the best of my way home


    9. Later Barrios came down with some of the officers, and stood with his uniform all unbuttoned, discoursing at the edge of the pavement


    10. A veritable witness have you hitherto been, Ishmael; but have a care how you seize the privilege of Jonah alone; the privilege of discoursing upon the joists and beams; the rafters, ridge-pole, sleepers, and under-pinnings, making up the frame-work of leviathan; and belike of the tallow-vats, dairy-rooms, butteries, and cheeseries in his bowels

    11. As for Dimitri, he fell to discoursing very logically to his mother on the subject of how no view can be beautiful of which the horizon is limited


    12. After discoursing awhile of the weather and the amenities of country life, he skilfully directed the conversation to piano-tuners, music, and pianos generally, and ended by saying that he himself played—and in truth he did sit down and perform three waltzes, with Mimi, Lubotshka, and Katenka grouped about the instrument, and watching him as he did so


    13. I remember how strange it used to seem to me to hear her discoursing on theatres and the weather to my brother Woloda! I knew that of all things in the world he most despised and shunned banality, and that Varenika herself used to make fun of forced conversations on the weather and similar matters


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    Synonyms for "discourse"

    discourse discussion treatment preaching sermon dissertate hold forth converse discuss talk about dialogue chat disquisition dissertation monograph thesis tractate treatise dilate expatiate sermonise sermonize treat lecture talk

    "discourse" definitions

    extended verbal expression in speech or writing


    an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)


    an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic


    to consider or examine in speech or writing


    carry on a conversation


    talk at length and formally about a topic