And, in fancy, their long-sought Incognita view'd. From Wordnik.com. [The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"] Reference
Will providence grant me this long-sought blessing?. From Wordnik.com. [Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration] Reference
Great to take up the search for the long-sought passage. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
But rumour had it once that the long-sought hiding-place was found. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
Thirdly, this very man had turned out to be the long-sought Gualtier. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
The great Genoese had to wait yet three years for his long-sought duel. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Earlier in the day, the president won a long-sought diplomatic victory. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2003] Reference
Then came the land beyond, the long-sought kingdom, full of arts and wiles. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
Or, his long-sought goal of "social security and Medicare withering on the vine". From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: "Fighting Extremism" Should Be Theme for Fall Campaign] Reference
He suddenly realized that his long-sought opportunity was slipping away from him. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
Yes, it was duly signed and witnessed, and without doubt was the long-sought will!. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
"Sanderson his Hope," for it seemed to give hope of the long-sought passage to Cathay. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
So this was the long-sought guide to whom they were to submit their lives and fortunes!. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
In the distance the long-sought mountains of Bamangwato at length loomed blue before me. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
I was still more astonished when I recognized in this lad my old and long-sought playmate. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
The long-sought opportunity at last presented itself, and Mr. Gallatin at once embraced it. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
With luck, they'll also produce, among a shower of lesser particles, the long-sought Higgs boson. From Wordnik.com. [A Grand Experiment] Reference
At last he discovered the long-sought idol of his dreams in the person of Ione, a beautiful, young. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
Louisita sprang at the contents as a famished tigress might have sprung upon some long-sought prey. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
He died in the conviction in which he lived, that the land he had reached was the long-sought Indies. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
He thought he had discovered the long-sought something by which the muscles move obedient to the will. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
CAFFERTY: This could -- this could be Darwin's long-sought missing link in the genetic scheme of things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2004] Reference
Freedom, too, the long-sought, we still seek, -- the freedom of life and limb, the freedom to work and think. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Assuredly, she thought, to her now was to be revealed the long-sought burial-place of the White Lady's treasure. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
They sailed up as far as they could, filled with hope that this might be the long-sought passage to the Pacific Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Polar North -- a sea through which lay the much-coveted passage to the long-sought treasures of the old realms of Cathay. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference
O'Connor and Kennedy could determine whether the new Commandments cases become a long-sought crowning triumph for Rehnquist. From Wordnik.com. [Supreme Court Brief: A Final Chapter for the Chief Justice?] Reference
To Air Force brass, war with Iraq is a long-sought opportunity to demonstrate the decisive role of air power in modern warfare. From Wordnik.com. [Air Power Faces Its Biggest Test] Reference
More than once was the anchor dropped, and a boat sent up a promising creek in the hope that it would prove the long-sought one. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
Continued weak demand could eventually put downward pressure on spiralling health-care costs, a long-sought goal of policy makers. From Wordnik.com. [Americans Cut Back on Visits to Doctor] Reference
This approach to studying, describing, and developing an artistic science of nursing became Dr. Zderad's and my long-sought haven. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
Miss Burney looked the amazement she naturally felt; and it flashed across my mind that here might be the long-sought opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
At first I thought it some variety of thorn; but it was not long before the truth flashed on me, that this was my long-sought Crab-Apple. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
The president congratulates Ambassador Zoellick and Minister Alvear for the fine work in producing this long-sought free trade agreement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2002] Reference
Last week physicists announced the first experimental evidence ever for the existence of a long-sought elementary particle called the top quark. From Wordnik.com. [How Many Scientists Does It Take To Screw In A Quark?] Reference
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