1 I promise you that I shall not use it unless it is absolutely needed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 2 He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 3 Those are the principal points about which I wished to be absolutely clear.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP 4 The shutters cut off the least ray of light, and we waited in absolute darkness.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 5 Yet it was quite certain, from the absolute stillness, that we were in the country.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 6 These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 7 I have three maid-servants who have been with me a number of years and whose absolute reliability is quite above suspicion.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 8 During two years I have had three consultations and one small job, and that is absolutely all that my profession has brought me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 9 Now from this double point our research must commence, and we will begin it by presuming that what the lad says is absolutely true.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 10 She was rather above the middle height, slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against the absolute pallor of her skin.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 11 However innocent he might be, he could not be such an absolute imbecile as not to see that the circumstances were very black against him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 12 It is quite clear that the colonel was a cool and desperate man, who was absolutely determined that nothing should stand in the way of his little game, like those out-and-out pirates who will leave no survivor from a captured ship.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 13 A series of disgraceful brawls took place, two of which ended in the police-court, until at last he became the terror of the village, and the folks would fly at his approach, for he is a man of immense strength, and absolutely uncontrollable in his anger.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 14 His nostrils seemed to dilate with a purely animal lust for the chase, and his mind was so absolutely concentrated upon the matter before him that a question or remark fell unheeded upon his ears, or, at the most, only provoked a quick, impatient snarl in reply.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 15 It seems that there had been some informality about their license, that the clergyman absolutely refused to marry them without a witness of some sort, and that my lucky appearance saved the bridegroom from having to sally out into the streets in search of a best man.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 16 Some, too, have baffled his analytical skill, and would be, as narratives, beginnings without an ending, while others have been but partially cleared up, and have their explanations founded rather upon conjecture and surmise than on that absolute logical proof which was so dear to him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS 17 About sunset, however, their efforts were at last successful, and they subdued the flames, but not before the roof had fallen in, and the whole place been reduced to such absolute ruin that, save some twisted cylinders and iron piping, not a trace remained of the machinery which had cost our unfortunate acquaintance so dearly.
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