go in quest of
Example Sentences
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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
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
Sir Percival said, "I have no news," and he said, "Do you still go in quest of that noble and gentle knight your brother?"
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard
But they go in quest of entertainment, and find this mainly in horse-racing.
From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Greeley, Horace
To replace her, the father of the gods was obliged to go in quest of another cup-bearer.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
