Pursuit

Examples

• We see again here, as in the case of Thales, th at the love of abstract thought, the pursuit of science as science, did not interfere with ultimate practical applications. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Except for his prompt pursuit, so much in this way would not have been accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I now regarded the time to accomplish anything by pursuit as past and, after Rosecrans reached Jonesboro, I ordered him to return. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The pursuit was continued until after dark. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the morning of the 3d pursuit was commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Quickly I hastened along the hallway in pursuit. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He had confessed a taste for the pursuit of love under difficulties; here was full gratification for that taste. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It should not be said that the Miss Bennets could not be at home half a day before they were in pursuit of the officers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Sheridan on the extreme right was already in pursuit of the enemy east of the ridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A room not large enough to skate in; nor adapted to the easy pursuit of any other occupation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Sharing in actual pursuit, whether directly or vicariously in play, is at least personal and vital. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• You must often be weary with the pursuit of subjects in your own track. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The faster the old mail went, the faster came the pursuers--men, horses, dogs, were leagued in the pursuit. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And ought not the same natures to have the same pursuits? Plato. The Republic.
• The first wave is past, and the argument is compelled to admit that men and women have common duties and pursuits. Plato. The Republic.
• Debasement of character is the certain follower of such pursuits. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I know you now, and your tastes and pursuits. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But there was an equally strong desire on the part of ordinary men to be neither taxed nor interfered with in their ordinary pursuits. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Dr. Franklin did not suffer his political pursuits to engross his whole attention. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Were the pride of ancestry, the patrician spirit, the gentle courtesies and refined pursuits, splendid attributes of rank, to be erased among us? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Do not fear, Mr Boffin, that I shall contaminate the premises which your gold has bought, with MY lowly pursuits. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Edison tells an amusing story of his own pursuits at this time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I don't want to have any words with you, and still less do I want to have any anatomical pursuits with you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He will also achieve pretty much the same stock of knowledge since that knowledge is an ingredient of his habitual pursuits. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And Mr. Bounderby went about his daily pursuits. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• We talked of change and active pursuits, but still remained at Windsor, incapable of violating the charm that attached us to our secluded life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was natural that in the first development of mechanical appliances they should be devoted to those pursuits in which men had the greatest practical interest. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The mathematical kn owledge of the Babylonians is related on the one hand to their astronomy and on the other to their commercial pursuits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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