Verduret hoped to discover the meaning of the scene before him.
While wondering what could have enabled him to discover the secret, I defended myself with virtuous indignation.
He had first been stupefied by his mistake, and was now racking his brain to discover the cause of it, which was soon discerned by his penetrating mind.
It was difficult, especially by so imperfect a light, to discover the nature of this edifice; but it seemed a square building of small size, the upper part of which was totally ruinous.
Every exertion was now made to discover the criminals.
The thin mists were not totally dispersed in the glen, so that it was often through their gauzy medium that the eye strove to discover the motions of the hunters below.
What I want to know is this: ought I at once to take such steps as I can to discover the writer of the letter?
Therefore he would not venture to apply to the police, though doubtless they would be able to discover the man, if he were anywhere in London.
He continued his circuit of observation, trying to discover the face of Funkelstein in the boxes or circles; but involuntarily he turned his gaze back to the strange countenance, which still seemed bent towards his.
Will you come with me to discover the secret of Phantom Mountain?
I determined to be revenged, or at least to discover the secret of making diamonds.
By helping me to discover the secret of Phantom Mountain, where the diamonds are made!
If they thought I was seeking aid to discover thesecret of Phantom Mountain, my life might pay the forfeit.
For centuries men have tried to discover the secret of transmuting base metals into gold, and how to make diamonds by chemical means.
To explain any matter is to discover the points of similarity, or virtual identity, between the matter studied and ourselves.
The warring conflict engendered makes for a curiosity todiscover the meaning of life forces (sexual largely) and the desire to know the end thereof.
Only I wish to discover the truth, and apparently you do not.
She had hoped to discover the identity of the man who had taken Lise to Gruber's, but she did not attempt to continue the conversation.
He made the remark (which he afterwards repeated to Honora) that weak coffee and the Protestant religion seemed inseparable; but he did not attempt to discover the whereabouts, in Sutton, of the Church of his fathers.
Startled by the suddenness of the action, his male companion moved a few paces also from his seat, to discover the cause of this singular movement.
Before Clara could raise her head to discover the cause of this movement, she felt herself firmly secured in the grasp of an encircling arm, and borne hastily through the room.
And now, sir, since I have unadvisedly dropped a hint of this matter, and your commands have obliged me to discover the whole, let me intercede with you for him.
She soon perceived these agitations of mind in Jones, and was at no loss to discover the cause; for indeed she recognized it in her own breast.
A consultation was now entered into how to proceed in order to discover the mother.
I know I have been guilty of it in more than one instance to this very person; and I will own I did send Mr Dowling, not on a vain and fruitless enquiry, but to discover the witnesses, and to endeavour to soften their evidence.
Of course," the professor explained, "I may be wrong, and it will take some time to discover the error if we make one.
I think he is very much afraid this young Beecher will not only be first on the site of the underground city, but that he may be the first to discover the idol of gold.
To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.
Researches of the Author with a View to discover the Amount of Taxation in Pennsylvania.
It is unnecessary to study the institutions and the history of the Americans in order to discover the truth of this remark, for their manners render it sufficiently evident.
My desire todiscover the causes of this phenomenon increased from day to day.
Filled with the love of liberty, but remembering the atrocities which, in its name, had been committed under former dynasties at home, he sought to discover the means by which it was regulated in America, and reconciled with social order.
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