Mr. Brown, who had always met my advances with a grim taciturnity that made conversation exceedingly difficult, proceeded to dissertate upon one or two of the vexed questions of the day.
"An Amiable Charlatan"
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Greek sought after wisdom; he wanted a man who would perorate and argue and dissertate.
"Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)"
Alexander Maclaren
"Whom," not what-a person, not a system; we "proclaim," not we argue or dissertate about.
"The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon"
Alexander Maclaren