1 "Of a truth, friend, that matter remaineth a riddle; and the Daniel who shall expound it is yet a-wanting," answered the townsman.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In III. THE RECOGNITION 2 I then expounded to Miss Mills what I had endeavoured, so very unsuccessfully, to expound to Dora.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 37. A LITTLE COLD WATER 3 When they rose from the table and the ladies had gone out, Pestsov did not follow them, but addressing Alexey Alexandrovitch, began to expound the chief ground of inequality.
4 And Levin began carefully, as it were, feeling his ground, to expound his views.
5 But what plays the mischief with this masterly code is the admirable brevity of it, which necessitates a vast volume of commentaries to expound it.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish. 6 Light a cigar and let me expound.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 7 I was already longing to expound the cherished ideas I had brooded over in my corner.
8 But I am afraid I had a supreme satisfaction, of a personal and professional nature, in taking charge of Mr. Barkis's will, and expounding its contents.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 31. A GREATER LOSS 9 And without letting Levin finish explaining his idea, Metrov began expounding to him the special point of his own theory.
10 I understand not your allusions about lines and angles; and I leave expounding to those who have been called and set apart for that holy office.
11 Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago.
12 And the celebrated doctor expounded his plan of treatment with Soden waters, a remedy obviously prescribed primarily on the ground that they could do no harm.
13 Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others.
14 But my steward has expounded to you the cause of my seeming discourtesy.
15 The danger, if any, I expounded, was from our proximity to a great human passion let loose.