1 With the small competence he possessed, eked out by such employment as he could pick up, he travelled from town to town through the United States in quest of his enemies.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS 2 They heard the doors of rooms above, opening and shutting as Sissy went from one to another in quest of her father; and presently they heard voices expressing surprise.
3 This accomplished, the loyal Cedric hastened in quest of his friend Athelstane, determined, at every risk to himself, to save that last scion of Saxon royalty.
4 Now she hoped for some beneficial change; and, after a period of nothing-saying amongst the party, some of them did decide on going in quest of tea.
5 Now it was clear to me that our lady of to-day had nothing in the house more precious to her than what we are in quest of.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 6 This is the man whom we now learn to have been the lodger at the opium den, and to have been the last man to see the gentleman of whom we are in quest.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP 7 To me at least there was a strange contrast between the sweet promise of the spring and this sinister quest upon which we were engaged.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 8 I left Sir Henry behind, therefore, not without some prickings of conscience, and drove off upon my new quest.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor 9 I could read in them a set purpose to devote his life to this quest until the client whom he had failed to save should at last be avenged.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 10 For two hours, with most intense concentration, Holmes examined every object in turn, but his face showed that his quest was not a successful one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 11 "I fear there is some dark ending to our quest," said he.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER 12 It was evident to me that things were not going well with him or his quest.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN 13 Despair seized him at the thought of her setting out alone to renew the weary quest for work.
14 The future stretched before her dull and bare as the deserted length of Fifth Avenue, and opportunities showed as meagrely as the few cabs trailing in quest of fares that did not come.
15 She had insisted that in the belated quest of these work-stained women was an aspiration which ought to stir her tears.