hold forth

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hold forth

to talk for a long time on a subject. She held forth for half an hour on the stupidity of TV reality shows.

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Boythorn continues to post tremendous placards on the disputed thoroughfare and (with his bird upon his head) to hold forth vehemently against Sir Leicester in the sanctuary of his own home; similarly, also, he defies him as of old in the little church by testifying a bland unconsciousness of his existence. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context It was knowing to hold forth, in the humble-virtue school of eloquence; but, I assure you I thought at the time, "My good fellow, you are over-doing this Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context Cruncher, with a most alarming tendency to hold forth as from a pulpit--"and let my words be took down and took to Mrs. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

References in classic literature

Boythorn continues to post tremendous placards on the disputed thoroughfare and (with his bird upon his head) to hold forth vehemently against Sir Leicester in the sanctuary of his own home; similarly, also, he defies him as of old in the little church by testifying a bland unconsciousness of his existence.

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context

It was knowing to hold forth, in the humble-virtue school of eloquence; but, I assure you I thought at the time, "My good fellow, you are over-doing this

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

Cruncher, with a most alarming tendency to hold forth as from a pulpit--"and let my words be took down and took to Mrs.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

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