go in quest of
Example Sentences
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At Chioggia, where still in the summer evenings Orlando Furioso is read in the public places, and where artists go in quest of the old Venetian type, they sing a yet more impassioned little song.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
I wished Government would fit out an expedition to go in quest of him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
Those who go in quest of Beauty will find her here....
From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee
Their instructions were to fight, if fight they must, to avoid fighting wherever possible, and in no case to go in quest of adventure.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
Alphonso, in despair, immediately offered to go in quest of her.
From The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository. Alphonso and Marina by Various