Considerably vexed that Random should be so cheerful, Lucy cast round to learn the truth.
I wished to learn the difference in embalming between the Egyptians and the ancient Peruvians, and looked about for a South American corpse.
Hope was glad to hear that Lucy had secured the Professor's consent that they should be present, for the mystery of Bolton's terrible death was piquing him, and he dearly desired to learn the truth.
The general ordered his scouts out to learn the cause; could it be Indians?
Believing that their hated enemy had eluded them forever, they rode back on their trail, disgusted and chagrined, without even taking the trouble of looking over the precipice to learn the fate of Baptiste.
He probably smiled at the story of the old yeoman and his wife who, in return for some civility shown to them by Borrow, presented him with an old volume of Danish ballads, which inspired him to learn the language, aided by a Danish Bible.
Borrow had yet to learn the idiom of Earl Street, which he showed himself most anxious to acquire.
No man sat at a larger gateway to learn the sentiments of numbers of women on any subject.
Bok had been attracted to advertising through his theatre programme and Brooklyn Magazine experience, and here was presented a chance to learn the art at first hand and according to the best traditions.
But as this class met only twice a week, Edward, impatient to learn the art of "pothooks" as quickly as possible, supplemented this instruction by a course given on two other evenings at moderate cost by a Brooklyn business college.
The curate and the barber, who wanted nothing better than to learn the cause of his woe from his own lips, asked him to tell his story.
And that you may not pine to learn thename of your deliverer, know that I am called Don Quixote of the Mancha, knight-errant, adventurer, and captive of the peerless and beauteous Lady Dulcinea of Toboso.
Having once ascertained the house in which Helen lived, it was no difficult matter for St. John to learn the name of the guardian whom Beck had supposed to be her mother.
He had been unable to learn the name of the young lady staying with Madame Dalibard; he had learned only that she went by some other name, and was not the daughter of the lady who rented the house.
However, having now ascertained the house, it would be easy to learn the name of its inmates, and to watch or make his opportunity.
Learn the difference in a village, and you know the difference wherever swallows and swifts skim the air.
Like liberty, like religion, it may be abused; but I have no more right to say that the poor shall be ignorant than I have to say that the rich only shall be free, and that the clergy alone shall learn the truths of redemption.
Do so, and you will find that you need not go far to learn the habits of birds, and know the difference between a swallow and a swift.
First of all, he had to learn the family of the master.
It was in line with these experiences that White Fang came to learn the law of property and the duty of the defence of property.
He would have to learn the reality of a thing before he could put his faith into it.
But having set himself to learn the art of self-defence, his favour alone became shelter; and successful coverture aroused in him yet more the natural passion of protection.
It's my opinion the only way to learn the worth of a thing, is to have to go without it.
How Sidonia Wished to learn the mystery of love-potions, but is hindered by Clara and the young Prince.
How Sidonia wished to learn the mystery of love-potions, but is hindered by Clara and the young Prince.
Her father had forbidden her to learn the lute, though music was her passion, and her heart seemed almost breaking with joy when she listened to it.
Upon this, the states and privy council declared that they would follow him to Oderkrug to learn the result, but meanwhile begged of his Grace not to delay setting off, lest Duke Casimir might have left Oderkrug before he reached it.
How would you like a young man to learn the river?
By and by he said: "There is just one way that I would take a young man to learn the river: that is, for money.
I went to work now to learn the shape of the river; and of all the eluding and ungraspable objects that ever I tried to get mind or hands on, that was the chief.
Have I got to learn the shape of the river according to all these five hundred thousand different ways?
A country boy named Jim Wolfe had come to learn the trade--a green, good-natured, bashful boy.
During the past week she had been absorbing as only a young woman with a good mind and a determination to learn the business of living can absorb.
Learn the art of acting--which consists of two parts.
When they were back at the restaurant Susan seated herself in a quiet corner and proceeded to learn the words of the song and to get some notion of the tune.
But Bruce, impatient to learn the issue of the siege (as still no letters arrived from that quarter), had dispatched him back to the borders.
We talked then, and I offered to make the attempt to take her away and back to the land of Sari, where she told me she would be able to learn the whereabouts of her mate.
Then, without waiting to learn the effect of my throw, I wheeled, ran the few steps to the edge, and leaped as far out over that frightful chasm as I could.
So I hurried hither to learn the truth, and, sure enough, here I found Hooja and his wicked men living in my village, and my father's people but slaves among them.
It was a good while till answers to these came, and when they arrived Samuel Clemens was on hand to learn the result.
By and by he said "There is just one way I would take a young man to learn the river--that is, for money.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "learn the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
