TABLE in Classic Quotes

1  I love to see you at my table, Nick.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  It was six of us at the table and Rosy had eat and drunk a lot all evening.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  Then suddenly she threw her napkin on the table and excused herself and went into the house.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  I think that, except for my presence, he would have taken one short glance beneath our own table.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  "We ought to plan something," yawned Miss Baker, sitting down at the table as if she were getting into bed.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  Suddenly he looked at his watch, jumped up and hurried from the room leaving me with Mr. Wolfshiem at the table.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  The little dog was sitting on the table looking with blind eyes through the smoke and from time to time groaning faintly.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8  When the subject of this instinctive trust returned to the table and sat down Mr. Wolfshiem drank his coffee with a jerk and got to his feet.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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9  Almost before I had grasped her meaning there was the flutter of a dress and the crunch of leather boots and Tom and Daisy were back at the table.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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10  We were sitting at a table with a man of about my age and a rowdy little girl who gave way upon the slightest provocation to uncontrollable laughter.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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11  Several old copies of "Town Tattle" lay on the table together with a copy of "Simon Called Peter" and some of the small scandal magazines of Broadway.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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12  His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomsoever he knew.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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13  A tray of cocktails floated at us through the twilight and we sat down at a table with the two girls in yellow and three men, each one introduced to us as Mr. Mumble.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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14  A stout, middle-aged man with enormous owl-eyed spectacles was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady concentration at the shelves of books.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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15  The first supper--there would be another one after midnight--was now being served, and Jordan invited me to join her own party who were spread around a table on the other side of the garden.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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16  Among the broken fragments of the last five minutes at table I remember the candles being lit again, pointlessly, and I was conscious of wanting to look squarely at every one and yet to avoid all eyes.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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17  Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch open toward the sunset where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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