They conversed earnestly for several minutes.

Cebes then asked him: "What do you mean, Socrates, by saying that it is not lawful to commit violence on one's self, but that a philosopher should be willing to follow one who is dying?" "What, Cebes, have not you and Simmias, who have conversed familiarly with Philolaus[40] on this subject, heard?"

As usual we sleep and eat, conversing as cheerfully as may be in the intervals.

The instant that he felt the light pressure on his temples, all his fears vanished; and he followed his guide, conversing pleasantly through wide avenues and over broad glades of fresh turf, which seemed to be laid out like a royal chase, till they came to a wall of rock resembling the Hahnen Klippers, and entering through an arch, a grey moss-covered tower arose in the distance.

After conversing awhile with the villagers, and satisfying their curiosity as well as we could, I thought it a suitable time to bring about the primary object of our visit, and inquired who among them could read.

Forgetting that we were without the walls of silence, we expected no greeting; but to our amazement he rose, and, placing himself opposite us, conversed affably and in most excellent English for the rest of the journey.

Robert Browne and Lady Agnes were seated on the edge of the fountain in Apollo's Grotto, conversing earnestly, even eagerly, with Mr. Bowles, who stood before them in an unmistakable attitude of indecision and perturbation.

"The amount of the statements made by Kin-na, Fu-li and Cinque, and the facts in the case, are as follows:These Mendians belong to six different tribes, although their dialects are not so dissimilar as to prevent them from conversing together very readily.

Mr. PARTRIDGE pretendeth to tell fortunes and recover stolen goods, which all the parish says, he must do by conversing with the Devil and other evil spirits: and no wise man will ever allow, he could converse personally with either, until after he was dead.

And the two old ladies over their tea by the fire conversed agreeably, compared their rheumatisms and other ailments wordily, and talked of old times, and early recollections, and of sick-beds they had attended, and corpses that "you would not know, so pined and windered" were they; and others so fresh and canny, you'd say the dead had never looked so bonny in life.

A frugal repast was consumed, and then each warrior leaned against a tree, and, smoking his pipe, gravely conversed upon the best mode of acquiring distinction and renown.

That great evils are felt, my lords, no Briton, I am certain, who converses promiscuously with his countrymen, will attempt to dispute, and until some other cause more proportioned to the effect shall be assigned, I shall join the publick in their opinion, and while I think this man the author of our miseries, shall conclude it necessary to comply with the motion.

The scholarly person goes on to relate the circumstances of the wild person's capturesubstantially as depicted upon the canvas outsideand winds up with: 'After being brought to this country in chains he was reclaimed from his savage estate, was given a good English education, and can now converse intelligently upon all the leading topics of the day.

Both the hall and garden were filled with tables, where the people seated themselves as they came, and conversed sociably over their coffee and wine.

Not of him, however, did Flora and her grandmother softly converse in Spanish amid the surrounding babel of English and French.

She went, and danced, or sat And listlessly conversed; or, if at home, Read the new novel, wishing all the time For something better; though she knew not what, Or how to search for it.

He smiled at my surprise, and continued to converse amiably.

Whoever had not seen these would be out of society for a week to come, and not be able to converse understandingly on the topics of the day.

The three were very amicably conversing.

On hearing these words he descended, and returned into the world of spirits, to his former companions, and converse with them modestly and chastely, but not for any considerable length of time.

She converses fluently on many topics.

Astronomy was always Barretier's favourite study, and so much engrossed his thoughts, that he did not willingly converse on any other subject; nor was he so well pleased with the civilities of the greatest persons, as with the conversation of the mathematicians.

After so many hours of wearisome labour it was hardly strange that their natural senses were dulledthat they did not look about them, nor converse gaily.

The room and the ante-chamber adjoining the room where we were deliberating were filled with Representatives, who were peaceably conversing.

In hours of tranquillity, when satiety made them converse placidly like two friends of the same sex, Ulysses would avoid allusions to the past, questioning her only about her actual life.