Pursuing

Examples

• They said little more; but were company to one another in silently pursuing the same subjects, and did not part until midnight. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Therefore, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, pursuing his case in his jog-trot style, I have much to consider. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He seized his bicycle, pursued the lad, and in pursuing him met his death. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Good evening, Miss Peecher,' he said, pursuing the shadow, and taking its place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There was no gainsaying this difficulty, and we relinquished all thoughts of pursuing Orlick at that time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Lily's colour rose: it was growing clear to her that Bertha was pursuing an object, following a line she had marked out for herself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• On the 10th of June the pursuing column was all back at Corinth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Meantime, you forget essential points in pursuing trifles: you do not inquire why Mr. Briggs sought after you--what he wanted with you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But France was pursuing a very dangerous and alarming game, a game even more dangerous and alarming on the map than in reality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This last discovery was made by the two friends in pursuing their inquiries. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The wagon rattled, jumped, almost flew, over the frozen ground; but plainer, and still plainer, came the noise of pursuing horsemen behind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Next day you had my secret at your mercy, but you nobly refrained from pursuing your advantage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Our children, freed from the bondage of winter, bounded before us; pursuing the deer, or rousing the pheasants and partridges from their coverts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Cass was pursuing the Indians so closely that the first thing he knew he found himself in front, and the Indians pursuing him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He was already very low in ammunition, and with an army pursuing he would not have been able to gather supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As the wet twilight deepened, I stopped in a solitary bridle-path, which I had been pursuing an hour or more. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The line of investigation which I have myself been pursuing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• As the sun rose on the second day of our flight it disclosed the pursuing horde not a half-mile in our rear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I never hesitated in pursuing the treatment on which I had staked everything. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And still Madame Defarge, pursuing her way along the streets, came nearer and nearer. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Which, I think,' observed Mr. Bob Sawyer, pursuing the thread of the subject--'which, I think, Ben, are rather dubious. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But we must live, and not act our lives; pursuing the shadow, I lost the reality--now I renounce both. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• By pursuing this course from day to day I thought I would soon get through the volume. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Oh, my worldly friends, pursuing the phantom, Pleasure, through the guilty mazes of Dissipation, how easy it is to be happy, if you will only be good! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I then came to a resolution of pursuing our journey to England overland. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Pursuing her way along the lane, she then began it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Daguerre, without knowing that he, or indeed any other person, was pursuing, or had commenced or thought of, the art which we now call Photography. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Mr. Gardiner himself did not expect any success from this measure, but as his brother was eager in it, he meant to assist him in pursuing it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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