"Inquisitively" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the much-expected Reverend Warren Holbrook, from Dogtown last. As I have said before, he looked askance and inquisitively at every one he met as he walked up the lane. He bowed, too, and had a smile for all the females; then he enquired the name and condition of those who lived in each house he came to—how many children they had, ...
— The Von Toodleburgs - Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family • F. Colburn Adams
... cause Phoebe to ask how lately Miss Raymond had been at Sutton, and as Miss Charlecote answered the question she looked inquisitively at her young friend, and each felt that the other was initiated. Whether the cousin ought to have confided to Miss Charlecote what she had witnessed at Sutton was an open question, but at least Honor knew what Phoebe burnt to learn, and was ready ...
— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge
... It looks like a number of very old boxes. Have you come upon a pirate's hoard?—as you ought to do, you know, in such a cunningly concealed cavern as this," exclaimed Flora, laughingly, as she peered inquisitively at the pile that even now she could only ...
— Dick Leslie's Luck - A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure • Harry Collingwood
... thought—I—I thought, d'ye see, just now, eh? (he looked inquisitively, but there was no answer); I thought, I say, he looked devilish out of sorts, ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... landlady turns round inquisitively, and delays, that she may listen, while she is putting ...
— The Parent's Assistant • Maria Edgeworth
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