"In question" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the colloquial use of Latin proved to be a great convenience. Colonel Fontaine's anecdote implies, what is altogether probable, that Patrick Henry's early drill in Latin had included the ordinary colloquial use of it; for he says that in the case of the visitor in question his grandfather was able, by means of his early stock of Latin words, to carry on the conversation ...
— Patrick Henry • Moses Coit Tyler
... valley. It seemed beyond the pale of protection—so far as the garrison was concerned—for no patrol ever extended its rounds to so distant a point. Its owner evidently trusted to fate, or to the clemency of the Apaches—the Indians who usually troubled the settlement,—for the house in question was in no other way fortified against them. Perhaps its obscure and retired situation ...
— The White Chief - A Legend of Northern Mexico • Mayne Reid
... over to the table in question, then came uninquisitively back to Blanco's impassive face. It took more than European ...
— The Lighted Match • Charles Neville Buck
... all waiting," she returned, with a smile, letting the eyes in question fall with a half-parting salutation on Guest as she rose. It was the first exchange of a common instinct between them, and left them as conscious as if they ...
— Maruja • Bret Harte
... rights with the most strict and impartial justice; and if any Englishman committed an injury against the property of an Indian, he compelled him to replace it—in some cases even to twice the value of the article in question. ...
— The Pilgrims of New England - A Tale Of The Early American Settlers • Mrs. J. B. Webb
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