METHOD in Classic Quotes

1  If this fail, I shall have recourse to other methods.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE

2  I can hardly see how the lady could have acted otherwise, though her abrupt method of doing it was undoubtedly to be regretted.

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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR

3  It is true that you have missed everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and you have a quick eye for colour.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY

4  So perfect was the organisation of the society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a case upon record where any man succeeded in braving it with impunity, or in which any of its outrages were traced home to the perpetrators.

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ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS

5  Then it was that the lust of the chase would suddenly come upon him, and that his brilliant reasoning power would rise to the level of intuition, until those who were unacquainted with his methods would look askance at him as on a man whose knowledge was not that of other mortals.

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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE

6  Indeed, apart from the nature of the investigation which my friend had on hand, there was something in his masterly grasp of a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning, which made it a pleasure to me to study his system of work, and to follow the quick, subtle methods by which he disentangled the most inextricable mysteries.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia