1 As he stood, he leaned upon his weapon for support, and yet his tall figure and the massive framework of his bones suggested a wiry and vigorous constitution.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 2 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 DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 3 Not one object in England hath met mine eye which it could rest upon with pleasure, save the tombs of our brethren, beneath the massive roof of our Temple Church in yonder proud capital.
4 He struggled with the power of desperation, for an instant; and then sent up cry upon cry that penetrated even those massive walls, and rang in their ears until they reached the open yard.
5 Eustacia's manner was as a rule of a slumberous sort, her passions being of the massive rather than the vivacious kind.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure 6 Within there was a small corridor, which ended in a very massive iron gate.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 7 He was a large man with rounded shoulders, a massive head, and a broad, intelligent face, sloping down to a pointed beard of grizzled brown.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 8 Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 9 He was a man of about fifty, tall, portly, and imposing, with a massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 10 His body was absolutely corpulent, but his face, though massive, had preserved something of the sharpness of expression which was so remarkable in that of his brother.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter 11 A brougham was waiting with a very massive driver wrapped in a dark cloak, who, the instant that I had stepped in, whipped up the horse and rattled off to Victoria Station.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem 12 Hilton Cubitt shook his massive head.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 13 On the left was a large, deep fireplace, with a massive, overhanging oak mantelpiece.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE 14 Finally, to my astonishment, Holmes climbed up on to the massive mantelpiece.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE 15 The heavy mahogany table and sideboards, the massive silver, the bright rag rugs on the shining floor were all in their accustomed places, just as if nothing had happened.