All 12 Uses of
inquire
in
Great Expectations
- I derived from this, that Joe's education, like Steam, was yet in its infancy, Pursuing the subject, I inquired,— "Didn't you ever go to school, Joe, when you were as little as me?"†
Chpt 7
- This is not for you to inquire into.†
Chpt 18 *
- I therefore told him my small story, and laid stress on my being forbidden to inquire who my benefactor was.†
Chpt 22
- And as to the condition on which you hold your advancement in life,—namely, that you are not to inquire or discuss to whom you owe it,—you may be very sure that it will never be encroached upon, or even approached, by me, or by any one belonging to me.†
Chpt 22
- I inquired.†
Chpt 27
- Does the thought-contracted brow of the local Sage or the lustrous eye of local Beauty inquire whose fortunes?†
Chpt 28
- I explained that I was waiting to meet somebody who was coming up by coach, and I inquired after the Castle and the Aged.†
Chpt 32
- I inquired was it a large household she was going to be a member of?†
Chpt 33
- "Then is it your opinion," I inquired, with some little indignation, "that a man should never—"†
Chpt 36
- "Have you ever seen a messenger you once sent to me," I inquired, "since he undertook that trust?"†
Chpt 39
- Mr. Jaggers looked at me inquiringly, and repeated "Mother?"†
Chpt 51
- While it was preparing, I went to Satis House and inquired for Miss Havisham; she was still very ill, though considered something better.†
Chpt 52
Definition:
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(inquire) to ask about or look into something