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1  "Pace gives life," was the riposte.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17
2  Thanks for giving me the information I wanted.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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3  Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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4  It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
5  I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  It is simply expression, as Harry says, that gives reality to things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
8  "No, Harry," answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
9  It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17
10  Now and then, however, he is horribly thoughtless, and seems to take a real delight in giving me pain.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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11  Don't take away from me the one person who gives to my art whatever charm it possesses: my life as an artist depends on him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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12  Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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13  Considerable sympathy was expressed for the mother of the deceased, who was greatly affected during the giving of her own evidence, and that of Dr. Birrell, who had made the post-mortem examination of the deceased.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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14  He had changed, too--was strangely melancholy at times, appeared almost to dislike hearing music, and would never himself play, giving as his excuse, when he was called upon, that he was so absorbed in science that he had no time left in which to practise.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14
15  When the half-hour struck, he passed his hand across his forehead, and then got up hastily and dressed himself with even more than his usual care, giving a good deal of attention to the choice of his necktie and scarf-pin and changing his rings more than once.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14