Grit In A Sensitive Instrument - Ora Crack In One Of His Own High-power ______es - Wouldnot Be More Disturbing Than A Strong Emotion Ina Nature Such As His; Merryweather Perched Himselfupon A Crate - With A Very Injured Expression Uponhis Face - While Holmes Fell Upon His Knees Upon Thefloor And - With The Lantern And A Magnifying ______ - Began To Examine Minutely The Cracks Between Thestones; In Each Case - Not Only Are The 'e's'slurred And The 'r's' Tailless - But You Will Observe - Ifyou Care To Use My Magnifying ______ - That The Fourteen Other Characteristics To Which I Have Alludedare There As Well;To Me To Be Dust Into An Envelope And Examiningwith His ______ Not Only The Ground But Even The Barkof The Tree As Far As He Could Reach;" He Drew Out A ______ And Lay Down Uponhis Waterproof To Have A Better View - Talking Allthe Time Rather To Himself Than To Us; The ______ Discloses A Large Number Of Hair-ends - Clean Cut By The Scissors Of The Barber; What Can You Gather Fromthis Old Battered Felt?""Here Is My ______; Then Withhis ______ He Tested The Hinges - But They Were Of Solidiron - Built Firmly Into The Massive Masonry; That Is Quite Settled - " Said He - Rising And Putting His ______ In His Pocket;" Hethrew Himself Down Upon His Face With His ______in His Hand And Crawled Swiftly Backward And Forward - Examining Minutely The Cracks Between Theboards; This He Opened Andmade A Very Careful Examination Of The Sill Withhis Powerful Magnifying ______;""On Entering The House - However - I Examined - As You Remember - The Sill And Framework Of The Hallwindow With My ______ - And I Could At Once See Thatsomeone Had Passed Out

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A collection of twelve short stories, published in 1892, by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. I The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice.
 


1. Grit In A Sensitive Instrument - Ora Crack In One Of His Own High-power ______es - Wouldnot Be More Disturbing Than A Strong Emotion Ina Nature Such As His; Merryweather Perched Himselfupon A Crate - With A Very Injured Expression Uponhis Face - While Holmes Fell Upon His Knees Upon Thefloor And - With The Lantern And A Magnifying ______ - Began To Examine Minutely The Cracks Between Thestones; In Each Case - Not Only Are The 'e's'slurred And The 'r's' Tailless - But You Will Observe - Ifyou Care To Use My Magnifying ______ - That The Fourteen Other Characteristics To Which I Have Alludedare There As Well;To Me To Be Dust Into An Envelope And Examiningwith His ______ Not Only The Ground But Even The Barkof The Tree As Far As He Could Reach;" He Drew Out A ______ And Lay Down Uponhis Waterproof To Have A Better View - Talking Allthe Time Rather To Himself Than To Us; The ______ Discloses A Large Number Of Hair-ends - Clean Cut By The Scissors Of The Barber; What Can You Gather Fromthis Old Battered Felt?""Here Is My ______; Then Withhis ______ He Tested The Hinges - But They Were Of Solidiron - Built Firmly Into The Massive Masonry; That Is Quite Settled - " Said He - Rising And Putting His ______ In His Pocket;" Hethrew Himself Down Upon His Face With His ______in His Hand And Crawled Swiftly Backward And Forward - Examining Minutely The Cracks Between Theboards; This He Opened Andmade A Very Careful Examination Of The Sill Withhis Powerful Magnifying ______;""On Entering The House - However - I Examined - As You Remember - The Sill And Framework Of The Hallwindow With My ______ - And I Could At Once See Thatsomeone Had Passed Out