1 He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 He was a brave man, but he trembled at the vague, shadowy terrors which hung over him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 3 Turn which way he would, there appeared to be no avoiding the blow which hung over him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 4 "Travellers for Nevada," said Jefferson Hope, with his hand upon the rifle which hung by his saddle.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 5 When Mrs. Charpentier paused," the detective continued, "I saw that the whole case hung upon one point.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO 6 I knew that he was staying at Halliday's Private Hotel, and I hung about all day, but he never came out.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN ... 7 It was a foggy, cloudy morning, and a dun-coloured veil hung over the house-tops, looking like the reflection of the mud-coloured streets beneath.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 8 Under these circumstances, I eagerly hailed the little mystery which hung around my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavouring to unravel it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 9 His gaunt face, however, and his clothes, which hung so baggily over his shrivelled limbs, proclaimed what it was that gave him that senile and decrepit appearance.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 10 A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew, and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 11 John Ferrier uttered these consoling remarks in a very confident tone, but she could not help observing that he paid unusual care to the fastening of the doors that night, and that he carefully cleaned and loaded the rusty old shotgun which hung upon the wall of his bedroom.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET