“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
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
“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“Well, Watson, what do you make of it?”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— an issue of water from the earth : a pool fed by a spring
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Macmillan
— in a skilful or effective way
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111 uses of ‘well’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle