soliloquised

He cleft a path among the people on deck (we were nearly all on deck), and without addressing anybody whomsoever, soliloquised as follows:

American Notes for General Circulation 2007

He laid down the newspaper he had been reading; leaned back upon his pillow with the air of one who resigned himself to a train of charming recollections; and after a pause, soliloquised as follows:

Barnaby Rudge 2007

‘I never see,’ soliloquised Mr Squeers in continuation,

Nicholas Nickleby 2007

"I think not yet," soliloquised the Japanese, critically examining it.

Angel With No Hands Adams, Stephen 2005

‘A tidy shot that, I flatter myself,’ he then soliloquised.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

'The small brown elves actually remember that I fed them the other day,' again soliloquised Louis.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

“The base-born, ill-bred mechanic!” soliloquised Sir Mungo,

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

While the detective thus soliloquised, his cab, following on the trail of the other, had turned down Spring Street, and was being driven rapidly along the Wellington Parade, in the direction of

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 2003

“This is the second floor — there is the enclosed court-yard” — I, as it were, soliloquised.

Uncle Silas 2003

“I wonder,” soliloquised Pao-yü, “whose servant-girl this is, who has been so aggrieved as to run over here to have a good cry!”

Hung Lou Meng 2003