He commences descanting on his own fierce enmity to infidelity and catholicism.
At his first appearance he exhibits him in a garden, where he is collecting herbs and descanting on their wonderful virtues.
After descanting on the million loan and the arrears, his lordship remarked that it was obvious, unless they closed up all questions with reference to arrears, they would not be giving the measure fair play.
After descanting at considerable length on the subject of the alliance of the church and state generally, and the small influence which the Irish church exercised over the people, the noble lord went on to unfold his scheme.
The Bishop of Exeter, in descanting on the tone and the temper of the press, spoke of some articles in this journal as "breathing the inspiration of the treasury.
In descanting on this, Chatham declared that a violent outrage had been committed against everything dear and sacred to Englishmen.
But she talked on about the scenery, about the weather,--descanting on the pleasure of living where such loveliness was within reach.
Trevelyan was descanting on the peculiar cruelty of his own position.
It was he who first took me into Leary's bookstore in Philadelphia, descanting with his usual gusto on its merits.
It was rich to hear him the other day descanting to Lucas upon the evil effects of earthing up corn, and the advantages of curing hay in cocks, as to both which matters Lucas is a thorough unbeliever, and Earl was a year ago.
He was descanting brilliantly upon the doings and prospects at Fort Hamilton, where he was stationed, much to the entertainment of his mother and brother.
Herbert expounded glibly to the rapt Eleanor the Continental ideas, descanting on Manet and Monet.
The father of the celebrated Sheridan was one day descanting on the pedigree of his family, regretting that they were no longer styled O'Sheridan, as they were formerly.
Sir Dudley Carleton, accustomed more to foreign negotiations than to an English House of Commons, gave very just offence by descanting on the misery of the people in other countries.
Every tongue seemed now unloosed; each as if emulously descanting on the injuries of the place he represented.
One of his most favourite topics, on which he is rich indeed, and in descanting on which his spleen serves him for a Muse, is the disproportionate match between Desdemona and the Moor.
Mankind have always taken great delight in knowing and descanting on the actions of others.
A travelled man was descanting one day upon what he had seen in his peregrinations.
A young man, in a large company, descanting very flippantly on a subject, his knowledge of which was evidently very superficial, the Duchess of Devonshire asked his name.
Dean Cowper, of Durham, who was very economical of his wine, descanting one day on the extraordinary performance of a man who was blind, he remarked that the poor fellow could see no more than “that bottle.
It was rich to hear him the other daydescanting to Lucas upon the evil effects of earthing up corn and the advantages of curing hay in cocks, as to both which matters Lucas is a thorough unbeliever, and Earl was a year ago.
He was descanting brilliantly upon the doings and prospects at Fort Hamilton where he was stationed, much to the entertainment of his mother and brother.
Here the priest makes an address to the demon of the epidemic, descanting on the value of the offerings, the scarcity of victims at that particular time, the reasons for mutual friendship between him (the demon) and the settlement.
My host, the owner of the house, waxed over-merry in his cups and was descanting on his valiant feats in the pre-American days.
Roderick, in the glow of that renewed admiration provoked by the fixed attention of portrayal, was never weary of descanting on the extraordinary perfection of her beauty.
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