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1  I was too terrified to raise my head.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  That head of yours should be for use as well as ornament.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
3  Put your head up agin me like that, and then you'll feel bullier.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
4  You must have observed the way in which he held his head and swung his cane.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
5  He sank his head upon the table and sobbed at the thought of his own impotence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
6  My head is in a whirl," I remarked; "the more one thinks of it the more mysterious it grows.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
7  Unaccustomed to sudden emergencies, her head began to swim, and her grip upon the bridle to relax.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
8  "Just give me a help with this buckle, cabman," he said, kneeling over his task, and never turning his head.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
9  I have a respect for you, but if you were alone in this business I'd think twice before I put my head into such a hornet's nest.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
10  At the head of the column there rode a score or more of grave ironfaced men, clad in sombre homespun garments and armed with rifles.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
11  He continued to walk up and down the room with his head sunk on his chest and his brows drawn down, as was his habit when lost in thought.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
12  Bewildered and stunned by this blow, Jefferson Hope felt his head spin round, and had to lean upon his rifle to save himself from falling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
13  Yet the white face and set expression of the young hunter showed that in his approach to the house he had seen enough to satisfy him upon that head.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
14  Beside the driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as a leader.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
15  Beside him lay a little child, with her round white arms encircling his brown sinewy neck, and her golden haired head resting upon the breast of his velveteen tunic.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
16  Slowly the eyelids drooped over the tired eyes, and the head sunk lower and lower upon the breast, until the man's grizzled beard was mixed with the gold tresses of his companion, and both slept the same deep and dreamless slumber.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
17  His face was lean and haggard, and the brown parchment-like skin was drawn tightly over the projecting bones; his long, brown hair and beard were all flecked and dashed with white; his eyes were sunken in his head, and burned with an unnatural lustre; while the hand which grasped his rifle was hardly more fleshy than that of a skeleton.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
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