The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Quotes from The Hound of the Baskervilles

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"You appear to have done brilliantly. Not only have you cleared up the case, but you have prevented something much worse."
Sir Henry Baskerville Success
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"I know the world too well to expect much success in this venture."
Dr. John Watson
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"A man of action as well as of thought."
Sherlock Holmes Strength
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"Show me what you have left!"
Sherlock Holmes
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"The facts appear to be these."
Dr. John Watson Truth
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"I have devised seven separate explanations, each of which would cover the facts as far as we know them."
Sherlock Holmes
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"You have put yourself in the power of a desperate man."
Sherlock Holmes
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"There is a grim humor in the situation that suggests this is not merely a casual matter."
Dr. John Watson Humor
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"A man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."
Sherlock Holmes Education
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"Good heavens! Did you perceive the significance of that small fact?"
Sherlock Holmes
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"One should always look for a possible alternative and provide against it."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"I have my reputation to think of."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Action is a method of obtaining knowledge."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"You have indeed done wonders upon the moor, Watson."
Sherlock Holmes
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"It seems an unlikely place for a man to hide himself."
Dr. John Watson Wisdom
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"The world is watching us, and the world is wondering."
Dr. John Watson
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"Let me see what fresh particulars have come to light."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"But you said you had a clue."
Dr. John Watson
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"I have preserved only the essential facts upon which my reasoning has been based."
Dr. John Watson Literature
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"If I could only have done as much for you as you have done for me!"
Sir Henry Baskerville Gratitude
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"The truth is that I am tired of the course of events in London."
Sherlock Holmes Change
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"You have heard something of the house, of course?"
Sherlock Holmes
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"A man who keeps secrets from his wife is in the right way to lose her affection."
Dr. John Watson Relationships
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"I have notes of several similar cases, though none, as I dare say, so spectacularly sinister as this one."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot."
Sherlock Holmes Adventure
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"It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"Pray be precise as to details."
Sherlock Holmes Knowledge
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"I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go, and that you must return alone."
Sherlock Holmes
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"You have done well. You have kept your eyes open, and I have kept myself informed."
Sherlock Holmes Wisdom
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"The more public the crime the more mysterious it proves, as a rule."
Sherlock Holmes Justice