soliloquist

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Acosta, his inner soliloquist liberated at last, engaged in a recitation, whereupon Miller gleefully retorted that said poem, written in 1883 by one Emma Lazarus, was tacked onto the statue years after it was erected.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017

The soliloquist thought it necessary to repeat his last words twice to convince himself and the atmosphere that his position was one of grievance.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

"Any way, I'm not likely to find myself sitting on a bench with her in St. James's Park, or anywhere else," concluded the soliloquist.

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus

Poor Lawrence drives our soliloquist mad with his deliberate table manners, with his deliberate method of speech, with his care about his own goblet and spoon.

From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon

"Why, a soliloquist in a crowd can hardly but be overheard, and without much reproach to the hearer."

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman