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Quest after   /kwɛst ˈæftər/   Listen
Quest after

verb
1.
Go in search of or hunt for.  Synonyms: go after, pursue, quest for.






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"Quest after" Quotes from Famous Books



... was even indignant at the superficial attitude with which an artist, who considered himself talented and sensible, passed the people without noticing that a divine spark was glimmering in each one of them. In the quest after some fantastic beauty he light-mindedly passed by the true beauties with which the human soul is filled. I cannot help feeling sorry for those unfortunate people who, like K., because of a peculiar construction of their brains, always turn their eyes toward the dark side, whereas there is ...
— The Crushed Flower and Other Stories • Leonid Andreyev

... Marna of the far quest After the divine! Striving ever for some goal Past the blunder-god's control! Dreaming of potential years When no day shall dawn in fears! That's the Marna of my soul, Wander-bride ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 3 (of 4) • Various

... is not drowned, then?—the mair's the pity.—But I never believed that part of the story—a London dealer has mair wit in his anger. I dare swear the lad has a bonny broom-shank in his hand by this time, and is scrubbing the kennels in quest after rusty nails, to help him to begin his pack again.—He has three bairns, they say; they will help him bravely to grope in the gutters. Your good lordship may have the ruining of him again, my lord, if they have ...
— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott



Words linked to "Quest after" :   seek, look for, go after, search



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