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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

In doing so I held it within a few inches of my eyes, and was conscious of a faint smell of the scent known as white jessamine.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

If he had not been her brother I should have known better how to answer him.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

He had usually a great many letters, for he was a public man and well known for his kind heart, so that everyone who was in trouble was glad to turn to him.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

These, though known for their valour and their breed, were whimpering in a cluster at the head of a deep dip or goyal, as we call it, upon the moor, some slinking away and some, with starting hackles and staring eyes, gazing down the narrow valley before them.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

If I have set it down it is because that which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I tell you, Watson, I’ve only known her these few weeks, but from the first I just felt that she was made for me, and she, too—she was happy when she was with me, and that I’ll swear.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Sir Charles, as is well known, made large sums of money in South African speculation.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

We may take it, therefore, that the letter was composed by an educated man who wished to pose as an uneducated one, and his effort to conceal his own writing suggests that that writing might be known, or come to be known, by you.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

How else could it be known so quickly that it was the Northumberland Hotel which he had chosen?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I felt also in my heart that he was right in what he said and that it was really best for our purpose that I should not have known that he was upon the moor.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

It is very probable, therefore, that in the absence of his master it was he who cared for the hound, though he may never have known the purpose for which the beast was used.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I don’t suppose I should have done so had I not known this legend.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Mrs. Lyons knew neither of these things, but had been impressed by the death occurring at the time of an uncancelled appointment which was only known to him.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I find that before the terrible event occurred several people had seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon, and which could not possibly be any animal known to science.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

“No, sir! he has used this hotel for many years, and he is very well known to us.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It chanced that this Hugo came to love (if, indeed, so dark a passion may be known under so bright a name) the daughter of a yeoman who held lands near the Baskerville estate.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

“It is a lovely evening, my dear Watson,” said a well-known voice.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

The records of your detective have reached us here, and you could not celebrate him without being known yourself.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I could understand anyone saying that the words were from a newspaper; but that you should name which, and add that it came from the leading article, is really one of the most remarkable things which I have ever known.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

No one could have known.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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