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Holmes 1. Oliver Wendell. 1809--94, US author, esp of humorous essays, such as The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858) and its sequels 2. his son, Oliver Wendell. 1841--1935, US jurist, noted for his liberal judgments |
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I laughed incredulously as Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his settee and blew little wavering rings of smoke up to the ceiling. It can be imagined that my close intimacy with Sherlock Holmes had interested me deeply in crime, and that after his disappearance I never failed to read with care the various problems which came before the public. "I should do so," Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. |
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