1 Why, the height of a man, in nine cases out of ten, can be told from the length of his stride.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL 2 That is shown by the increased length of his strides.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL 3 A length of yellow brocade was visible half-way up; and, as one reached the top, a small powdered face, a great head-dress slung with pearls, came into view; an ancestress of sorts.
4 Nature had provided a stretch of turf half a mile in length and level, till it suddenly dipped to the lily pool.
5 The leaning graceful trees with black bracelets circling the silver bark were distant about a ship's length.
6 You know how little I do claim, but I will go that length.
7 At length the signal was given, and all the ring leaned forward.
8 These locks were braided with gems, and, being worn at full length, intimated the noble birth and free-born condition of the maiden.
9 When the travellers had pushed on at a rapid rate through many devious paths, the Palmer at length broke silence.
10 At length the barriers were opened, and five knights, chosen by lot, advanced slowly into the area; a single champion riding in front, and the other four following in pairs.
11 At length the champion paused beneath the balcony in which the Lady Rowena was placed, and the expectation of the spectators was excited to the utmost.
12 Gurth at length complied; and telling out eighty zecchins upon the table, the Jew delivered out to him an acquittance for the horse and suit of armour.
13 Locksley returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb.
14 At length he could repress his feelings no longer.
15 Finding himself overpowered, the Jester at length threw himself from his horse, plunged into the thicket, and, favoured by the general confusion, escaped from the scene of action.