"Reconnoitre" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Canadians, was instantly despatched by Mr. Stuart to reconnoitre; and the travellers sat up till a late hour, watching and listening for his return, hoping he might bring them food. Midnight arrived, but Le Clerc did not make his appearance, and they lay down once more supperless to sleep, hoping that their old beaver-trap ...
— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman
... events we have set up a watch, and can spare you a couple of defenders. They shall reconnoitre in the neighbourhood of your house, if you persevere in your determination, and this will serve in some slight measure ...
— Eugene Aram, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... men with families who professed to have come there to settle and cultivate the soil, having been persuaded that the war was ended and the country prepared for peaceful immigration. Some had paid their own passage, purposing merely to reconnoitre, and remain or not, as it pleased them; but when they landed in Nicaragua, General Walker placed muskets in their unwilling hands, and there he had kept them, fighting, not for himself or his promises, but for life. It disgusted others that the service was not only almost ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 26, December, 1859 • Various
... must go," said Gertrude, a little peremptorily. "As we are here we may as well reconnoitre the whole ...
— Delia Blanchflower • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... only, Master Land," I said to the harpooner, who was beginning to ravage another coco-nut tree. "Coco-nuts are good things, but before filling the canoe with them it would be wise to reconnoitre and see if the island does not produce some substance not less useful. Fresh vegetables would be welcome ...
— Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea • Jules Verne
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