1 The walls of his chest seemed to thrill and quiver as a frail building would do inside when some powerful engine was at work.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W... 2 Clifford started the little engine, the man carefully turned the chair, and set it nose-forwards to the incline that curved gently to the dark hazel thicket.
3 The Germans invented a new locomotive engine with a self feeder, that did not need a fireman.
4 The man crouched solicitously by the wheel, and peered at the little engine.
5 Then he sat down on his heels and peered under the chair, poking with his finger at the greasy little engine, and resenting the grease-marks on his clean Sunday shirt.
6 The man lay flat on his stomach on the floor, his neck pressed back, wriggling under the engine and poking with his finger.
7 Clifford started his engine, then put her in gear.
8 Clifford resented the interference: but he made his engine buzz like a blue-bottle.
9 He began doing things with his engine, running her fast and slow as if to get some sort of tune out of her.
10 He stopped the engine and sat rigid with anger.
11 Clifford asked the man to do something or other to the engine.
12 She was going, the engine doing about half the work, the man the rest.
13 Hilda got in and started the engine.
14 He passed near an engine where some men were seated, and they called to him to share in their refreshment.
15 A minute later a carriage and engine could be seen flying along the open curve which leads to the station.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem