He seemed to expatiate on a variety of dishes, and to sit over his wine like a jolly friend of good living.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Carpenter did not say anything, and so the magnate began to expatiate upon the artistic triumphs he would achieve.
"They Call Me Carpenter"
Upton Sinclair
To alleviate, so far as she might, the poignancy of the last, was for a while the great object of all her letters; and so she continued to expatiate on the happy life she was leading, her contentment with the choice she had made of remaining there, throwing in little playful sallies of condolence at her uncle's banishment, and jestingly assuring him how much happier he would be at home!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever