go in quest of
Example Sentences
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The first thing after getting dressed was not to call my servant, as you might suppose, but to go in quest of letters.
From James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports by Gilmour, James
You, on the contrary, by determining to depart, go in quest of more easy enjoyment, and show that your obstinacy prevails over your love.
From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo
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
It is chiefly small countries, that are straitened for room at home, like Holland and England, that go in quest of foreign settlements....
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
Those who go in quest of Beauty will find her here....
From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee
