Discovering

Examples

• For these all follow the general principle, and having found that, we shall have no difficulty in discovering them. Plato. The Republic.
• On the contrary, said Holmes quietly; I have every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• And it ended by my discovering traces, but very different ones from those which I had expected. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was only restored to comparative calmness by repeated assurances of the certainty of discovering the fugitive. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Another professor showed me a large paper of instructions for discovering plots and conspiracies against the government. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Lily had not been long in this pallid world without discovering that Mrs. Hatch was its most substantial figure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• At all the courts and universities the telescopes were received with the greatest enthusiasm, and put to instant use in the hope of discovering new stars. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I had another reason, likewise, entirely of my own discovering. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It told him so much, and he was beginning to have a great relish for discovering secrets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We then conversed on the plan I should pursue, and discussed the probable means of discovering his residence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• After looking at the direction, and discovering that it bore my name, I put the letter in my pocket, and completely removed the linen. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• This great God that men were now discovering lived in a temple not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I have no doubt that my own ideas were quite wild, but you must admit that they have ended in discovering the silver. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You ought to know, and you shall know, why I am interested in discovering what Mr. Candy wanted to say to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I was just in time to catch the train, and I had no opportunity of discovering the carriage in which you were travelling. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I say _half_ a wish; I broke itand flung it away before it became a whole one, discovering in good time its exquisite folly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Guppy looks into the shade in all directions, discovering everywhere a certain charred and whitened little heap of coal or wood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I guarantee that when he sees the apple fall he shall EAT IT, instead of discovering the principle of gravitation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• To the expectation of finding gold and silver mines, those first settlers, too, joined that of discovering a north-west passage to the East Indies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I am only discovering them now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And good fortune frequently contributes to all this, by discovering the effects that result from the different mixtures and combinations of bodies. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He also aided agriculture by discovering a vaccine for swine plague. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• A divining rod is a wand or twig of hazel or willow used especially for discovering metallic deposits or water beneath the earth’s surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• By it, not only the elements of the heavenly bodies have been determined, but remarkable results have been had in analysing well-known metals and discovering new ones. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And I have got the links of my own discovering which connect those words together, on another sheet of paper. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He was not long in discovering that it was worse than useless to speak to him, since, on being pressed, he became worried. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I happened to wear my gloves, which the master gray observing, seemed perplexed, discovering signs of wonder what I had done to my fore-feet. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Our money affairs, important as they were, admitted of delay--but the necessity of discovering the woman admitted of none. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• For me was reserved the high honor of discovering among the rubbish of the ruined Coliseum the only playbill of that establishment now extant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Some said he was an alchemist trying to turn base metals into gold, some that he was discovering new poisons, some frankly believed that his learning had turned his mind and made him mad. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

Typist: Michael