As I surveyed Archie's heap of IOU's I felt that I had better make early inquiries into the prices current of waste paper.
That Mosk should have been arrested while Dr Pendle was making his inquiries was a pure coincidence, and it was greatly to the bishop's credit that he had helped to secure the murderer.
She was just the sort of person that I wanted as head of the house that I have spoken of, to manage the money matters, take care of the guests, and meet the inquiries of strangers.
For most strict inquiries are practised, wherein if my hostess be not quite undone, she speedeth better than many of her neighbours.
And now, if you will excuse me, we will resume these gruesome inquiries after the more pleasant affairs of dinner.
He is known to all the horse dealers round London, from his constant inquiries for a "nice quiet little horse to carry a lady;" but we never heard of his making a purchase.
Suppressing my laughter at my host's Latinity, I thought this a fair opportunity to make some inquiries relative to this important officer in a college establishment.
This fancy might be followed out like that relating to the deluge; but the present place would be unsuitable for further inquiries in that particular direction.
Let us turn to less technical considerations, which fortunately are in this case fully as much to the point as exact inquiries, seeing that there is no real foundation for such inquiries in any of the available evidence.
In consequence of this omission, I received several inquiries about these matters.
It seems to me highly probable that the date to which all inquiriesinto the origin of the constellations and the zodiacal signs seems to point--viz.
He was quickened by this, and at once inquiries were made on each side, and we were in full talk about the Pilgrim and Alert, Ayacucho and Loriotte, the California and Lagoda.
Numerous inquiries passed as to the new ship, the latest news from Boston, &c.
I will enclose it to you, and if you have any further inquiries to put, I will, with great pleasure, endeavor to answer them.
One of their first inquiries was for Father Taylor, the seamen's preacher in Boston.
Sometimes, when the queen made anxious inquiries about the state of affairs, he answered, "Madam, your affair is with the children.
As it was, there were so many questions, the inquiries about Charles were so minute, that Marie grew vexed and angry, and by a look invited her father to say something about the Count's time and be gone.
Plato, by the introduction of this process, shifted philosophy from the ground of inquiries into man and society, which exclusively occupied Socrates, to that of dialectics.
It cast its searching eye into the most abstruse inquiries which ever tasked the famous intellects of the world.
The previous philosophers had given their attention to external nature; he gave up speculations about material phenomena, and directed his inquiries solely to the nature of knowledge.
It is curious how speculation led to demonstration, and how inquiries into the world of matter prepared the way for the solution of intellectual phenomena.
Whatever was known of real value among the ancients, is due to the earnestinquiries of the Greeks.
The skeptics, like Pyrrho, had only negative doctrines, and had a disdain of those inquiries which sought to penetrate the mysteries of existence.
Philosophical inquiries began about the origin of things, and ended with an elaborate systematization of the forms of thought, which was the most magnificent triumph that the unaided intellect of man ever achieved.
His main inquirieswere in reference to physics and metaphysics.
With soaring boldness he directs his inquiries to futurity, dissatisfied with the present, and cherishing a fond hope of a better existence.
The subject of their inquirieswas happiness, not truth.
The great subject of his inquiries was God himself--the first great cause--the supreme intelligence of the universe.
Protagoras investigated the principles of accurate composition; Prodicus busied himself with inquiries into the significance of words; Gorgias proposed a captivating style.
Sidenote: Main inquiriesof Aristotle had reference to physics and metaphysics.
Southey, finding the poem "brimful of power and of promise," made inquiries of the schoolmaster, and received the highest character of the youth.
Miss Benedict opened the gate for them as before, and to their inquiriesreplied that Cecily seemed a little better.
But don't be too much disappointed, for while I'm away I shall be making inquiries as to how we must go about tracing the name of Treadwell in England.
And she was so afraid of gossip and talk that when you first wanted to be friends with me she would not allow it, for fear of starting more unpleasant inquiries into her life.
With that to start from, I can set on foot some inquiriesover in England that may establish her identity.
He concluded that the difference was caused by the process of manufacture, and madeinquiries with the view of learning the nature of the process.
In the course of his inquiries he came upon a fact which, more than any other, led his mind into the train of thought which at last conducted him to the invention of which the results were destined to prove so stupendous.
Though still occupied with his inquiries and experiments as to steam, Watt did not neglect his proper business, but was constantly on the look-out for improvements in instrument-making.
On resuming his inquiries after his arrangements with Livingston, it occurred to him to compose wheels with a set of paddles revolving upon an endless chain extending from the stem to the stern of the boat.
Battles and famines, murders and the evidence of inquiries into destitution, all are presented by the journalist in literary form, with a careful selection of 'telling' detail.
It was no use to argue the matter in the face of fact; and they spent the rest of the day in making inquiries about the town.
They went to the King’s Arms for the night; and as soon as the gate was opened in the morning they hastened to the landing–port to make inquiries among the boatmen.
Inquiries were made of all the other officers in regard to the second master.
They walked about the town, making inquiries in regard to the fleet; but no one knew where it had gone.
All inquiries for her sisters had been fruitless, and after stopping for a time in Worcester, they had removed to Chicopee, where recently Mr. Howard had died.
All thoughts of Mr. Howard were given up for that day and as every moment of Mr. Selden's time was employed for several successive ones, it was nearly a week after George's arrival before any inquiries were made for the family.
In reply to Jenny's anxious inquiries as to what was the matter, Mary frankly told all, and then Jenny, folding her arms around the young girl, longed to tell her how unworthy was the object of such love.
From father we first heard that she was in New York, and then Aunt Morris wrote to her uncle, making inquiries concerning her.
The bark-hunters now passed on, Don Pablo making many inquiries about the armadillos, and Guapo giving replies, while Leon listened with interest.
Twenty years later he was sent by the Education Department to make special inquiries on certain specified points, e.
On three occasions Arnold was asked to assist the government by making special inquiries into the state of education in foreign countries.
Here I am; and that fact is the utmost limit to which my inquiries and investigations can go.
The reason why I made these inquiries about the name of Norton," said Lord Cullamore, "is this.
The young performer on the Pandeans that I tould you of wasn't more than five or six at the most, but a woman over the way, that I made inquiries of, tould me the length o' time the husband was dead.
Dandy, in reply to the stranger's frequent and anxious inquiries about him, mentioned this little dialogue, and the latter at once recollected that he had the note in his possession.
In answer to Hubbard's inquiries as to the probability of our getting fish and game, Donald said there were bears along the Nascaupee, but few other animals.
I made numerous inquiries as to the condition of Protestantism in this country, and received answers which were very little satisfactory.
He told us, what future inquiries have since confirmed, that the Church of Hernhut has branches in very many lands.
In May of the following year he made inquiries at Grangerham, Forrester's native place, where he ascertained that the boy had been removed there from Bolsover and had remained for some time with his grandmother, Mrs Wilcox.
I imagined you had not, and supposed that, as he was only engaged as a librarian, inquiries as to his character were not considered necessary.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inquiries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
