Friday, December 17, 2010

Devonshire ordinance map - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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After you left I sent down to Stamford's for the Ordnance map of this portion of the moor, and my spirit has hovered over it all day. I ...

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

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When you pass Bradley's, would you ask him to send up a pound of the strongest shag tobacco? Thank you.   "Bradley's tobacco s...

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

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congenial - Google Search : "con·gen·ial/kənˈjēnyəl/Adjective 1. (of a person) Pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or intere...

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

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"It was all very confused. Sir Charles had evidently stood there for five or ten minutes." "How do you know that?" ...

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

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"You interest me exceedingly. Another point. Was the wicketgate closed?" "Closed and padlocked." ancient padlock - G...

Forecast: Cloudy, damp & raw - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

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"What sort of night was it?' "Damp and raw." "But not actually raining?" "No." raw - definition of ...

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

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He said that there were no traces upon the ground round the body. He did not observe any. But I did -- some little distance off, but fresh a...

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

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"It was at my advice that Sir Charles was about to go to London . His heart was, I knew, affected, and the constant anxiety in which he...

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

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He had brought back much scientific information from South Africa , and many a charming evening we have spent together discussing the compar...

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

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Image via Wikipedia He had brought back much scientific information from South Africa , and many a charming evening we have spent together ...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Pogonip Ice fog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Ice fog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pogonip is ice fog. Once my uncle found the word "pogonip" 3 times in a row playing ...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

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

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define:scion - Google Search : "Definitions of scion on the Web: a descendent or heir; 'a scion of royal stock' wordnetweb.p...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Literature.org - The Online Literature Library

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

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"When they had brought her to the Hall the maiden was placed in an upper chamber, while Hugo and his friends sat down to a long carouse...

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

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" 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 ...

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

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" "Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commen...

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

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"You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and the short. It is one of several indications which enabled me to fix t...

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

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" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" asked Holmes with some asperity. "To the man of preci...

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

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" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" asked Holmes with some asperity ."   Roughness or h...
Friday, December 3, 2010

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

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"I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development." Supraorbital foramen - Wikipe...

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

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A hundred years apart | Flickr - Photo Sharing! : "A hundred years apart A hundred years apart My father was not a man given to persona...

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

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Modern Humans, Neanderthals May Have Interbred - Page 2 - Skadi Forum : "Aboriginal skull: 3. About the issue of dolichocephaly an...

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

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" I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development." Cephalic index - Wikipedia, ...

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

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"He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy and his trousers frayed." http://ny-im...

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

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mens_wool_flannel_frockcoat.jpg (262×412) "He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy ...