Showing posts with label Hound of the Baskervilles. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ruins, Whorlton Moor - - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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Ruins Of A Copper Mine Chimney On Bodmin Moor - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

Ruins Of A Copper Mine Chimney On Bodmin Moor Royalty Free Stock Photo, Pictures, Images And Stock Photography. Image 3483086.: "ruins of a copper mine chimney on Bodmin moor"

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The Hound of the Baskervilles 9: - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles 9: Second Report of Dr. Watson
  Sidney Paget, 1901  Sidney Paget, 1901   Sidney Paget, 1901  Sidney Paget, 1901  

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The Hound of the Baskervilles 8: - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles 8: First Report of Dr. Watson

Sidney Paget, 1901

Sidney Paget, 1901

Sidney Paget, 1901



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The Hound of the Baskervilles 7: - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles 7: The Stapletons of the Merripit HouseSidney Paget, 1901

Sidney Paget, 1901


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White Cotton Grass - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

Black Labrador Dog In The Marsh And White Cotton Grass On Isle Of Anglesey North Wales Stock Photo 32270800 : Shutterstock: "Black Labrador Dog in the marsh and white cotton grass on Isle of Anglesey North Wales"

stock photo : Black Labrador Dog in the marsh and white cotton grass on Isle of Anglesey North Wales
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white cotton grass - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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Covered with white cotton grass stock photo
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Monolith, Ruin, - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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Monolith, Ruin, Kilmartin Valley, Argyll, Scotland

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Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Hound of the Baskervilles 7: The Stapletons of the Merripit House - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

Story text with pictures

The Hound of the Baskervilles 7: The Stapletons of the Merripit House
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A tin box for botanical specimens - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

A tin box for botanical specimens hung over his shoulder and he carried a green butterfly- net in one of his hands.


Carl Giordano, Tinsmith - Biographical Information: 'We created a reproduction botanist's specimen case, or vasculum,'"


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Propitious - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious for my excursion.


Propitious | Define Propitious at Dictionary.com: "pro·pi·tious   
[pruh-pish-uhs] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather."
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Efface - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface from our minds the grim and gray impression which had been left upon both of us by our first experience of Baskerville Hall.

Efface | Define Efface at Dictionary.com: "ef·face   
[ih-feys] Show IPA
–verb (used with object), -faced, -fac·ing.
1.
to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
2.
to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.)."
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copses - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

I drew aside my curtains before I went to bed and looked out from my window. It opened upon the grassy space which lay in front of the hall door. Beyond, two copses of trees moaned and swung in a rising wind.
The copse of trees.Image by Pretty Poo Eater via Flickr

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Minstrels' gallery - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

At one end a minstrel's gallery overlooked it.

Minstrels' gallery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caryatids the Louvre.Image via Wikipedia
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Baluster - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

A square balustraded gallery ran round the top of the old hall, approached by a double stair.  
Baluster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


BalustradeImage via Wikipedia
A vasiform balustrade crowns Michelangelo's Pa...Image via Wikipedia
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Friday, January 28, 2011

The Hound of the Baskervilles- Chapter 6 - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles- Chapter 6
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Battlement - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated, and pierced with many loopholes."
Line art drawing of a battlement.Image via Wikipedia
Battlement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A battlement (also called a crenellation) in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e. a short wall), in which portions have been cut out at intervals to allow the discharge of arrows or other missiles. These cut-out portions form crenels (also known as carnels, embrasures, loops or wheelers)."
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