It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a “Penang lawyer.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
She loved him as always, but she realized now it was only a boy and girl love.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
“I think,” said I, following as far as I could the methods of my companion, “that Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elderly medical man, well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of their appreciation.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
The horse’s entrails hung down in a blue bunch and swung backward and forward as he began to canter, the monos whacking him on the back of his legs with the rods.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
As he walked back along the halls he thought of Ag in his bed.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
They felt as though they were married, but they wanted everyone to knew about it, and to make it so they could not lose it.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir becomes of importance.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Then everything commenced to run faster and faster as when they speed up a cinematograph film.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley may like you the best of the party.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Merriam-Webster
— to the same degree or amount
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Macmillan
— used for showing comparison
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405 uses of ‘as’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle