He spent time at the library reading history as he always had and regaling visiting historians, schoolchildren, and the public with tales of his presidency.
It seems like some people can regale you with every last detail of the dream they had last night while others can't remember whether or not they even had a dream.
As the friends of the house did not spoil her by regaling her with new and brilliant ideas, she enjoyed with delight all the flashes of Julien's intellect.