ARMS in Classic Quotes

1  I went downstairs and carried the dog upstair in my arms.

A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

2  The child was pale and wan, but her healthy arms and legs showed that she had suffered less than her companion.

A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN

3  His hands were clenched and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were interlocked as though his death struggle had been a grievous one.

A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY

4  Beside him lay a little child, with her round white arms encircling his brown sinewy neck, and her golden haired head resting upon the breast of his velveteen tunic.

A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN

5  When I arrived there, I walked right into the arms of a police-officer who was coming out, and only managed to disarm his suspicions by pretending to be hopelessly drunk.

A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN ...

6  With a sigh of relief, Ferrier looked to right and to left, until happening to glance straight down at his own feet he saw to his astonishment a man lying flat upon his face upon the ground, with arms and legs all asprawl.

A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE