1 So sinister was the impression which that face had produced upon me that I found it difficult to feel anything but gratitude for him who had removed its owner from the world.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR 2 I was to bring a certain sum a week to the owner, and whatever was over that I might keep for myself.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W... 3 Its owner, Mr. Pilkington, was an easy-going gentleman farmer who spent most of his time in fishing or hunting according to the season.
4 Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains.
5 A huge black banner, which floated from the top of the tower, announced that the obsequies of the late owner were still in the act of being solemnized.
6 And the cocked hat and cane having been, by this time, adjusted to their owner's satisfaction, Mr. Bumble and Noah Claypole betook themselves with all speed to the undertaker's shop.
7 I consider, sir, that you have obtained possession of that book, under very suspicious and disreputable circumstances; and you may think yourself very fortunate that the owner of the property declines to prosecute.
8 They remanded him till to-day, for they thought they knew the owner.
9 Aunt and niece then descended from the van, Mrs. Yeobright saying to its owner, "I quite recognize you now."
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 4 The Halt on the Turnpike Road 10 All smiled upon Wildeve, and upon his tables and chairs likewise, from a general sense of friendliness towards the articles as well as towards their owner.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 5 Perplexity among Honest People 11 And the discovery that she was the owner of a disposition so purely that of the dog in the manger had something in it which at first made her ashamed.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman 12 The owner, who was leaning against the settle's outer end, was Clement Yeobright, or Clym, as he was called here; she knew it could be nobody else.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face 13 He won steadily, till he was the owner of fourteen more of the gold pieces.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 8 A New Force Disturbs the Current 14 For the very simple reason that I see the dog himself on our very door-step, and there is the ring of its owner.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes 15 At others he will with his own hands tear down some other man's gate and declare that a path has existed there from time immemorial, defying the owner to prosecute him for trespass.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson