1 On the farm thus acquired John Ferrier built himself a substantial log-house, which received so many additions in succeeding years that it grew into a roomy villa.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 2 Hence it came about that his farm and all that belonged to him prospered exceedingly.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 3 As he approached his farm, he was surprised to see a horse hitched to each of the posts of the gate.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 4 As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm buildings.
5 Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered.
6 Alone among the animals on the farm he never laughed.
7 This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep--and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining.
8 And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into 'Beasts of England' in tremendous unison.
9 The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.
10 Major's speech had given to the more intelligent animals on the farm a completely new outlook on life.
11 Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way.
12 All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers.
13 We have no means of making sugar on this farm.
14 Mrs. Jones looked out of the bedroom window, saw what was happening, hurriedly flung a few possessions into a carpet bag, and slipped out of the farm by another way.
15 A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm.