1 If you leave, you forfeit your whole position forever.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 2 From my position I could look over the case in the direction of the floor.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 3 It was a considerable sum, for people in their position, and the loss of it would have made a serious difference.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY 4 Then it flashed through my mind that the pain of my death would depend very much upon the position in which I met it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 5 She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain ball.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY 6 You can understand that, living the life which I have described, we were little likely to see anyone of our own age and position.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 7 Holmes was silent and buried in thought with a pained expression upon his face, as one who finds himself in a perplexing position.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 8 I think that we may judge Lord St. Simon very mercifully and thank our stars that we are never likely to find ourselves in the same position.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR 9 It was the most preposterous position in which I ever found myself in my life, and it was the thought of it that started me laughing just now.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 10 He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 11 I can only claim the merit that I instantly reconsidered my position when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the door.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 12 You have heard me remark that the strangest and most unique things are very often connected not with the larger but with the smaller crimes, and occasionally, indeed, where there is room for doubt whether any positive crime has been committed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 13 And then, realising the dreadful position in which I was placed, I implored him to remember that not only my honour but that of one who was far greater than I was at stake; and that he threatened to raise a scandal which would convulse the nation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 14 You shave every morning, and in this season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less and less complete as we get farther back on the left side, until it becomes positively slovenly as we get round the angle of the jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated than the other.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 15 This dust, you will observe, is not the gritty, grey dust of the street but the fluffy brown dust of the house, showing that it has been hung up indoors most of the time, while the marks of moisture upon the inside are proof positive that the wearer perspired very freely, and could therefore, hardly be in the best of training.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 16 My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position; yet my nerves were worked up to the highest pitch of tension, and my hearing was so acute that I could not only hear the gentle breathing of my companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, heavier in-breath of the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing note of the bank director.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 17 The telegram which we eventually received came late one night just as I was thinking of turning in and Holmes was settling down to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night and find him in the same position when I came down to breakfast in the morning.
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