1 It had been her intention to send Pork out with the horse and wagon, the gold pieces and the United States money to scour the countryside for provisions and material for clothes.
2 Sixpenny brooches glared like cats' eyes and tigers' eyes; pearls looked down; her cape was made of cloth of silver--in fact swabs used to scour saucepans.
3 Half the regiments form bands and scour the countryside and put everything to fire and sword.
4 This is the practice established from time immemorial, among civilised nations that scour the seas.
5 It was not until the two boys had scoured, with great rapidity, through a most intricate maze of narrow streets and courts, that they ventured to halt beneath a low and dark archway.
6 The sharp wind that scoured the streets, seemed to have cleared them of passengers, as of dust and mud, for few people were abroad, and they were to all appearance hastening fast home.
7 If Oliver were behindhand in these respects, he knew where the best were to be found; and morning after morning they scoured the country together, and brought home the fairest that blossomed.
8 The dog advanced, retreated, paused an instant, and scoured away at his hardest speed.
9 That they were invariably clean, that his were the scoured fingers of the surgeon, made his stubborn untidiness the more jarring.
10 Charley and I scoured them, and they were on exhibition in the Harling office all summer.
11 "Now, sartin I'd a said that Missis would a scoured the varsal world after Lizy," added Sam, thoughtfully.
12 Rewards had been offered, the country had been scoured, but no Injun Joe was found.
13 Then the carbineers scoured the country in different directions, but in vain; then, after a time, they disappeared.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. 14 I could see clearly a room with a sanded floor, clean scoured; a dresser of walnut, with pewter plates ranged in rows, reflecting the redness and radiance of a glowing peat-fire.
15 She had left Thornfield Hall in the night; every research after her course had been vain: the country had been scoured far and wide; no vestige of information could be gathered respecting her.