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1  I fear I cannot help you much.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
2  You cannot hold him responsible for that.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
3  I cannot imagine how I came to be so weak.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
4  Really, Mr. Holmes, I cannot undertake to say.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
5  Even the high pay cannot reconcile me to the discomforts of my situation.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
6  I cannot help thinking that ladies are ill-advised in not making an effort.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
7  They cannot interfere on the strength of what would appear to them to be a wild suspicion.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
8  This may be some trifling intrigue, and I cannot break my other important research for the sake of it.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
9  "At present I cannot spare energy and nerve force for digestion," he would say in answer to my medical remonstrances.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
10  A man cannot be condemned for a murder at which he was not present, and which he loathes and abhors as much as you do.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
11  My own inclinations are to push this inquiry on, for we have already lost so much time that we cannot afford to waste another hour.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
12  What he will divulge I cannot tell, but I have no doubt that your Grace could make him understand that it is to his interest to be silent.
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ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
13  When once the law is evoked it cannot be stayed again, and this is just one of those cases where, for the credit of the college, it is most essential to avoid scandal.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
14  The police believe that they have evidence in their possession which supplies a very convincing motive for the crime, and altogether it cannot be doubted that sensational developments will follow.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
15  You remember that last night, when I came through that door, I begged and prayed you for mercy, and you laughed in my face as you are trying to laugh now, only your coward heart cannot keep your lips from twitching.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
16  The fact is that I knew this fellow Milverton, that I considered him one of the most dangerous men in London, and that I think there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to some extent, justify private revenge.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
17  Either I must find the man or else the examination must be postponed until fresh papers are prepared, and since this cannot be done without explanation, there will ensue a hideous scandal, which will throw a cloud not only on the college, but on the university.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
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