When would his friends unite to give him a pledge of their good will?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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
“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 lieutenant kept riding his horse out into the fields and saying to him, “I’m drunk, I tell you, mon vieux.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
The first matador got the horn through his sword hand and the crowd hooted him out.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
The second matador slipped and the bull caught him through the belly and he hung on to the horn with one hand and held the other tight against the place, and the bull rammed him wham against the wall and the horn came out, and he lay in the sand, and then got up like crazy drunk and tried to slug the men carrying him away and yelled for his sword but he fainted.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
“Then had you not better consult him?”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
MORE TO FOLLOW
Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— objective case of HE
More >
Macmillan
— used for referring to a man, boy, or male animal when they have already been mentioned or when it is obvious which one you are referring to
More >
Usage
54 uses of ‘him’ in In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway
764 uses of ‘him’ in Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
278 uses of ‘him’ in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
315 uses of ‘him’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle