go in quest of
Example Sentences
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At seven o’clock he put on his cap and started to lock up to go in quest of his missing comrade.
From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
He remained some days in his sister-in-law’s house, at the end of which he said to her, “This lad and I will go in quest of the golden flowers, prepare food for our journey.”
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
His own French speech-belt, also, was at his hunting-lodge, whither he must go in quest of it.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
Instead of this, I was forced to go in quest of the yew-bough, and to keep the wind and weather out of the owl's cave.
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
We had, moreover, to go in quest of the country, which, according to the assurances of the Indians, abounded in gold.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
