Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'ma consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of Government detectives and lots of private ones. When these fellows are at fault, they... Adventures in Paranormal Investigation - Página ixde Joe Nickell - 2007 - 292 páginasVista previa restringida - Acerca de este libro
| Arthur Conan Doyle - 1903 - 472 páginas
...practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese." " And how ? " I asked, involuntarily. " Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'ma consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of government detectives and lots of... | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - 1906 - 460 páginas
...practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese." "And how?" I asked, involuntarily. "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the...only one in the world. I'ma consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of government detectives and lots of... | |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 1906 - 458 páginas
...— so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese." "And how?" I asked, involuntarily. "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the...only one in the world. ! I'ma consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of government detectives and lots of... | |
| Carolyn Wells - 1913 - 372 páginas
...characterization of Sherlock Holmes. To quote from "A Study in Scarlet," where Holmes makes his first appearance: "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the...only one in the world. I'ma consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of government detectives and lots of... | |
| Jonathan Smith - 1994 - 294 páginas
...yield the solution, Watson's "deductions" fail miserably. In part this is because Holmes is unique—" 'I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'ma consulting detective, if you can understand what that is' "—but more important it is due to an inadequacy of method: a... | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - 1996 - 1136 páginas
...so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese." " And how ?" I asked involuntarily. " Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'm a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of Government... | |
| Audrey Jaffe - 2000 - 206 páginas
...anything else.) Dedicated to a profession he himself has invented, and of which he is the only member ("I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'ma consulting detective"; A Study in Scarlet), Holmes is a fantasy of professionalism as unalienated labor: of the highly specialized... | |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 2001 - 178 páginas
...- so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese.' 'And how!' I asked involuntarily. 'Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the...only one in the world. I'ma consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of Government detectives and lots of... | |
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