1 Observation with me is second nature.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 2 I had enough of both in Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural existence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES 3 Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION 4 So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 5 One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye through it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 6 Driving and riding are as natural to me as walking, so I applied at a cabowner's office, and soon got employment.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN ... 7 I CONFESS that I was considerably startled by this fresh proof of the practical nature of my companion's theories.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 8 Men who die from heart disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION 9 He has just come from the tropics, for his face is dark, and that is not the natural tint of his skin, for his wrists are fair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 10 No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 11 A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power which was suspended over them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 12 Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES 13 The hunter's mind was of a hard, unyielding nature, and the predominant idea of revenge had taken such complete possession of it that there was no room for any other emotion.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS 14 I naturally began by examining the roadway, and there, as I have already explained to you, I saw clearly the marks of a cab, which, I ascertained by inquiry, must have been there during the night.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION 15 Least of all does the maiden herself know it until the tone of a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her, and she learns, with a mixture of pride and of fear, that a new and a larger nature has awoken within her.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH