"Look into" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... contraction of expense, gain upon fortune a thousand a year, even though no improvements can be made in the conduct of the trade.' Piozzi Letters, i. 66. Four years later, he writes:—'To-day I went to look into my places at the Borough. I called on Mr. Perkins in the counting-house. He crows and triumphs, as we go on we shall double our business.' Ib. p. 333. When the executors first met, he wrote:—'We met to-day, and were told of mountainous difficulties, till ...
— Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) • Boswell
... to look into matters further while I set out to hunt for the fellow who had limped off in the woods, after turning the tables so cleverly on Mr. Buxton. Without any reason that I could explain I formed the suspicion that this member of the gang ...
— The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters • Edward S. Ellis
... dark drifted wet and soft against my fingers. Ordinarily such an incident would not have alarmed me; but instantly a shudder of apprehension ran through my frame. I scarce had courage to look into the river lest the white face of a woman should appear through the watery depths. Clutching the water-soaked tangle, I jerked it up. Something gave with a rip, and my hand was full ...
— Lords of the North • A. C. Laut
... so near that they could almost look into her dark, streaming eyes, and Rita held out her arms beseechingly; but at that moment the mustang was suddenly reined in and wheeled to the right-about, while Ni-ha-be clasped ...
— The Talking Leaves - An Indian Story • William O. Stoddard
... the city has been uncovered, and now one can walk along the streets, look into the houses, and form some idea how the people lived there eighteen ...
— New National Fourth Reader • Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes
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