1 Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO 2 Ten years since the pool had been dredged and a thigh bone recovered.
3 Fumbling in his mind for something to say to the adorable lady, he chose the first thing that came handy; the story of the sheep's thigh.
4 An then he slipped on Bestwood Hill, on a slide as the lads ad made last winter, an broke his thigh, and that finished him, poor old man, it did seem a shame.
5 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 6 He had already, in spite of the rain, taken off his overcoat in order to do his delicate task, and so, as he fell, his knife gashed his thigh.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze 7 Stanley Hopkins swore between his teeth, and struck his thigh with his clenched hand.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 8 Pavel Petrovitch gave a slight start, and clutched at his thigh.
9 Suddenly a smallish dog seized my left thigh with its teeth and would not let go.
10 Thanks to the delay caused by this crossing of the wolf's path, the old dog with its felted hair hanging from its thigh was within five paces of it.
11 The cook, with her thigh broken by a shell splinter, had been carried into the kitchen.
12 The pitiful groans from all sides and the torturing pain in his thigh, stomach, and back distracted him.
13 In the end I deemed that it would be best to draw the keen blade that hung by my sturdy thigh, and keep them from all drinking the blood at once.
14 Fountain nymphs," he cried, "children of Jove, if ever Ulysses burned you thigh bones covered with fat whether of lambs or kids, grant my prayer that heaven may send him home.
15 Mercury himself had endowed him with this gift, for he used to burn the thigh bones of goats and kids to him, so he took pleasure in his companionship.