"Desire to know" Quotes from Famous Books
... Woodhull with no little asperity. "You will hardly doubt the evidence of my own eyesight, will you Miss Stetson? I saw that person cross the gallery and enter the south wing. Be good enough to go down to the gymnasium and call the roll. I desire to know if all the ... — A Dixie School Girl • Gabrielle E. Jackson
... "You desire to know my opinion of what will probably be the end of this war, and whether our new establishments will not be thereby again reduced to deserts. I do not, for my part, apprehend much danger of so great an evil to us. I think we shall ... — Benjamin Franklin • John Torrey Morse, Jr.
... all sides of him are relics and reminders of Priestley. Not all, but many of his publications are near at hand. After perusal of these at various times, and while reading the many life sketches of Priestley, there has come the desire to know more about his activities during the decade (1794-1804) he lived in America. Isn't it fair to declare that the great majority of chemical students think of Priestley as working only in England, his native land, and never give thought to his efforts ... — Priestley in America - 1794-1804 • Edgar F. Smith
... writing to my master, and I desire to know whether your Majesty would wish me to add anything to what you have announced already as your intention regarding ... — The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series • Rafael Sabatini
... the time for two days. What is there between them? What have they said to one another? One does not risk one's life for nothing when he has, like Boleslas, a wife and a son. Answer me, I conjure you. Tell me all. I desire to know all. What is there at the bottom ... — Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet
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