There was no chance of either of us forgetting that peculiar ruddy tweed suit--the very one which he had worn on the first morning that we had seen him in Baker Street. (Quelle: Projekt Gutenberg)
I remembered the case well, for it was one in which Holmes had taken an interest on account of the peculiar ferocity of the crime and the wanton brutality which had marked all the actions of the assassin. (Quelle: Projekt Gutenberg)
As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a Man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their constructions, all to run one way. (Quelle: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Hamburgische Dramaturgie, 93. Stück)