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1  To me, beauty is the wonder of wonders.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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2  No wonder Basil Hallward worshipped him.
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3  She looked at him in wonder and laughed.
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4  She used to wonder if he suspected anything.
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5  I should not wonder if he was quite right there.
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6  We watch ourselves, and the mere wonder of the spectacle enthralls us.
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7  With his beautiful face, and his beautiful soul, he was a thing to wonder at.
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8  I began to wonder what on earth I should do when I caught sight of the play-bill.
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9  He stood there motionless and in wonder, dimly conscious that Hallward was speaking to him, but not catching the meaning of his words.
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10  He began to wonder whether we could ever make psychology so absolute a science that each little spring of life would be revealed to us.
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11  Her eyes opened wide in exquisite wonder when I told her what I thought of her performance, and she seemed quite unconscious of her power.
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12  The passersby glanced in wonder at the sullen heavy youth who, in coarse, ill-fitting clothes, was in the company of such a graceful, refined-looking girl.
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13  "My dear Harry, we either lunch or sup together every day, and I have been to the opera with you several times," said Dorian, opening his blue eyes in wonder.
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14  As I lounged in the park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at every one who passed me and wonder, with a mad curiosity, what sort of lives they led.
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15  Dorian Gray never took his gaze off him, but sat like one under a spell, smiles chasing each other over his lips and wonder growing grave in his darkening eyes.
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16  As he often remembered afterwards, and always with no small wonder, he found himself at first gazing at the portrait with a feeling of almost scientific interest.
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17  And how charming he had been at dinner the night before, as with startled eyes and lips parted in frightened pleasure he had sat opposite to him at the club, the red candleshades staining to a richer rose the wakening wonder of his face.
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