What does 曰く mean when it is *not* preceded by a name?


Dictionary or other references are appreciated, as no dictionary I have
referenced gives me an example of this kind of usage.

[Example](http://jpa.ac/cram/column/mori2/mori2-05.html):

>
> とにかく、このメンタルブロックをぶち壊さないと、願望は達成できない。人は願望を持った場合、「それは実現不可能だ」ということを証明したがる習性を持っている。
> **曰く** 、「教室が狭いのでそんなに人数が入らない。」 **曰く** 、「この地区は不況が厳しいので、その授業料では受け入れられない。」
> **曰く** 「資金がない。」 **曰く、曰く** …。いわゆる消極型人間がほとんどなのである。

It looks like すなわち, なぜかと聞くと, 例えば, つまり, or something like that, but I cannot
pin it down.

I'm interested in all possible usages of (adverbial?) 曰く without a name
prefix, not just the meaning of this one example, so if you can't answer this
but know of any more examples with possibly different usages (it is quite hard
to google this ><), please add them in the comments.




I see this pattern once in a while. These 曰く are the same as the one preceded
by a name, except that the speakers are unimportant and thus omitted.

So basically these just mean "one says ..., another says ..., another says,
...". As for the last two 曰く, even the contents of their speech are omitted,
thus effectively implying they are quibbling about trivial things.




I see this pattern once in a while. These 曰く are the same as the one preceded
by a name, except that the speakers are unimportant and thus omitted.

So basically these just mean "one says ..., another says ..., another says,
...". As for the last two 曰く, even the contents of their speech are omitted,
thus effectively implying they are quibbling about trivial things.

