1 I can't sing without the instrument.
2 The lawyer took that rude but weighty instrument into his hand, and balanced it.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT 3 He can turn back the captivity of Judah, even by the weakest instrument.
4 Edmund spoke of the harp as his favourite instrument, and hoped to be soon allowed to hear her.
5 She had left the instrument on the dancing being over, and he had sat down to try to make out an air which he wished to give the Miss Musgroves an idea of.
6 Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 7 The telescope, a formidable instrument mounted upon a tripod, stood upon the flat leads of the house.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor 8 His head had been shattered by a savage blow from some heavy weapon, and he was wounded on the thigh, where there was a long, clean cut, inflicted evidently by some very sharp instrument.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze 9 They have been cut off with a blunt instrument, which would hardly happen if a student had done it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box 10 The first ones had been caused by some one forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the second by the catch being pressed back.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty 11 At last he flung down the instrument, and plunged into a detailed account of his misadventures.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 12 The instrument with which the injury had been inflicted lay upon the carpet beside him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ 13 I associated that instrument with the single weakness of his nature, and I feared the worst when I saw it glittering in his hand.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER 14 It is not upon this occasion the instrument of evil, but it will rather prove to be the key which will unlock our mystery.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER 15 When I was otherwise quite restored to health, the sight of a chemical instrument would renew all the agony of my nervous symptoms.