1 Then a goose came forward and confessed to having secreted six ears of corn during the last year's harvest and eaten them in the night.
2 To own the truth, Henry and I were partly driven out this very evening by a disappointment about a green goose, which he could not get the better of.
3 In front of him he saw, in the gaslight, a tallish man, walking with a slight stagger, and carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 4 The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be well that it should be eaten without unnecessary delay.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 5 Its finder has carried it off, therefore, to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose, while I continue to retain the hat of the unknown gentleman who lost his Christmas dinner.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 6 Here is the stone; the stone came from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker, the gentleman with the bad hat and all the other characteristics with which I have bored you.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 7 This year our good host, Windigate by name, instituted a goose club, by which, on consideration of some few pence every week, we were each to receive a bird at Christmas.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 8 I was speaking only half an hour ago to Mr. Henry Baker, who was a member of your goose club.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 9 I would take my goose now, and in it I would carry my stone to Kilburn.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 10 He laughed until he choked, and we got a knife and opened the goose.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 11 From all the windows the candles were gleaming, and it smelt so deliciously of roast goose, for you know it was New Year's Eve; yes, of that she thought.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL 12 On the table was spread a snow-white tablecloth; upon it was a splendid porcelain service, and the roast goose was steaming famously with its stuffing of apple and dried plums.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL 13 The next man he met was a countryman carrying a fine white goose.
14 The countryman then began to tell his tale, and said he was going to take the goose to a christening.
15 Dummling went and cut down the tree, and when it fell there was a goose sitting in the roots with feathers of pure gold.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE GOLDEN GOOSE