1 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 DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 2 I will give you a proof of my knowledge.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 3 They soon had a proof, however, that they were still within the jurisdiction of the Saints.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 4 Nevertheless, thou art my guest, and I will not put thy manhood to the proof without thine own free will.
5 And here we cannot but think it necessary to offer some better proof than the incidents of an idle tale, to vindicate the melancholy representation of manners which has been just laid before the reader.
6 The men-at-arms were daunted, for no armour seemed proof against the shot of this tremendous archer.
7 Thrice did Locksley bend his shaft against De Bracy, and thrice did his arrow bound back from the knight's armour of proof.
8 United with that fatal circumstance, the body of proof was too weighty for Rebecca's youth, though combined with the most exquisite beauty.
9 Henry Crawford's retaining her hand at such a moment, a moment of such peculiar proof and importance, was worth ages of doubt and anxiety.
10 Nothing of all that she had been used to think of as the proof of importance, or the employment of wealth, had brought him to Portsmouth.
11 In proof, he repeats, and more eagerly, what he said at Portsmouth about our conveying you home, and I join him in it with all my soul.
12 'Oh no, I won't hurt him,' replied the officer, tearing his jacket half off his back, in proof thereof.
13 'I knew he was shamming,' said Fang, as if this were incontestable proof of the fact.
14 In proof of his really being the person he represented himself, Mr. Bumble laid upon the table the papers he had brought to town.
15 As a proof of the fact, the Jew drew forth two keys from his pocket; and explained, that when he first went downstairs, he had locked them in, to prevent any intrusion on the conference.