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1  I said he was engaged to be married.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
2  Of course, our engagement is a dead secret.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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3  It was to tell him that he was engaged to be married to Sibyl Vane.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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4  A long engagement exhausts them, but they are capital at a steeplechase.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
5  "Dorian Gray is engaged to be married," said Lord Henry, watching him as he spoke.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  I have a distinct remembrance of being married, but I have no recollection at all of being engaged.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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7  I hope you will always be very happy, Dorian," said Hallward, "but I don't quite forgive you for not having let me know of your engagement.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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8  --An inquest was held this morning at the Bell Tavern, Hoxton Road, by Mr. Danby, the District Coroner, on the body of Sibyl Vane, a young actress recently engaged at the Royal Theatre, Holborn.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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9  I have promised to dine at White's, but it is only with an old friend, so I can send him a wire to say that I am ill, or that I am prevented from coming in consequence of a subsequent engagement.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2