lucubration

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The real master of this art will show his skill by the great number of times in which he will manage to say "We" in the course of his lucubration.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 32, November 5, 1870 by Various

But the next lucubration was the unfortunate Stephen’s examination paper, with the answers thereto embellished, and in many cases bodily supplied, by the fertile Anthony.

From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines

Mr. Charming is a boon, and we would not have missed his lucubration on any account.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various

But I am here running into shreds of maxims from reading Tacitus this morning, which has driven me from my recommendation of public spirit, which was the intended purpose of this lucubration.

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

In my last lucubration I proposed the general use of water gruel, and hinted that it might not be amiss at this very season.

From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir