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1 He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
2 Mother said he was quite right to make me swear, and that it was a sign of his passion.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
3 It was easy to see that she was passionately devoted both to her husband and to her little son.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
4 Seeing that his passion was becoming ungovernable, I left him and returned towards Hatherley Farm.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
5 The reaction of joy was as passionate as his grief had been, and he hugged his recovered gems to his bosom.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
6 His cheeks were red, his brow was all crinkled with anger, and the veins stood out at his temples with passion.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
7 His whole life appears to be spent in an alternation between savage fits of passion and gloomy intervals of sulking.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
8 He has a passion also for Indian animals, which are sent over to him by a correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
9 A large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and marked with every evil passion, was turned from one to the other of us, while his deep-set, bile-shot eyes, and his high, thin, fleshless nose, gave him somewhat the resemblance to a fierce old bird of prey.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND