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1  The alarm of fire was admirably done.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
2  Until after the alarm of fire, I had not a suspicion.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
3  The photograph is now as safe as if it were in the fire.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
4  If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them down.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
5  When you raise your cry of fire, it will be taken up by quite a number of people.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
6  Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
7  I sat down beside the fire, however, with the intention of awaiting him, however long he might be.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
8  The station-master had not finished his speech before we were all hastening in the direction of the fire.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
9  There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
10  When a woman thinks that her house is on fire, her instinct is at once to rush to the thing which she values most.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
11  Putting his hands into his pockets, he stretched out his legs in front of the fire and laughed heartily for some minutes.
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ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
12  Sherlock Holmes sat for some time in silence, with his head sunk forward and his eyes bent upon the red glow of the fire.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
13  I seated myself in his armchair and warmed my hands before his crackling fire, for a sharp frost had set in, and the windows were thick with the ice crystals.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
14  The fire was burning brightly, and in the grate there was a mass of black, fluffy ashes, as of burned paper, while the brass box stood open and empty beside it.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
15  His form had filled out, his wrinkles were gone, the dull eyes had regained their fire, and there, sitting by the fire and grinning at my surprise, was none other than Sherlock Holmes.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
16  At the farther end was a small brazier of burning charcoal, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool there sat a tall, thin old man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists, and his elbows upon his knees, staring into the fire.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
17  The road topped a low hill, and there was a great widespread whitewashed building in front of us, spouting fire at every chink and window, while in the garden in front three fire-engines were vainly striving to keep the flames under.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
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