"Query" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of surprise and query in the Broom-Squire's face, he explained: "Not after, afore, in course. She said, 'Very sorry for you, Simon, very. It's wus for you than for me, I shall ...
— The Broom-Squire • S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
... the Latin cui bono. In whatever language the query is put, it is the most valuable balance-wheel ever attached to human action ...
— The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) • Marion Harland
... recalled that I was only twenty-one years old, with scant education, and with no civic agency offering me the information I was seeking. I went to the headquarters of each of the political parties and put my query. I was regarded with ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok
... Evans, suddenly, with an uncertain glance at the obscuring blanket; and hearing the query, the Swede paused in ...
— A Breath of Prairie and other stories • Will Lillibridge
... after the elder's arrival, the father and son happened to pass in front of a large colonnaded building. "What is that?" said the senior, carelessly. "I don't know, but we'll inquire," answered the student. On the query being put to an official, he shortly replied: "That? It ...
— Life and Literature - Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, - and classified in alphabetical order • J. Purver Richardson
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