A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog. β¨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). The Hound of the Baskervilles, p.127, Lulu.com
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- A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. β¨ β¦ βΆ
- I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go. β¨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2011). The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p.97, House of Stratus
- It is not really difficult to construct a series of inferences, each dependent upon its predecessor and each simple in itself. If, after doing so, one simply knocks out all the central inferences and β¦ βΆ
- To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. β¨ Arthur Conan Doyle (1993). The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes, p.789, Wordsworth Editions
- What a lovely thing a rose is! β¨ Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories, p.419, Wordsworth Editions
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