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1  I know I was right in acting as I did.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
2  That was when acting was really understood.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
3  You must not think of anything but your acting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
4  It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
5  At any rate, I determined to wait for the first act.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
6  She is quite beautiful, Dorian," he said, "but she can't act.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  I want you and Basil to come with me some night and see her act.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
8  She looked such a child, and seemed to know so little about acting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
9  But the staginess of her acting was unbearable, and grew worse as she went on.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
10  Dorian, Dorian," she cried, "before I knew you, acting was the one reality of my life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
11  Yet they felt that the true test of any Juliet is the balcony scene of the second act.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
12  A few moments afterwards the footlights flared up and the curtain rose on the third act.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
13  It was after five o'clock, and Sibyl had to lie down for a couple of hours before acting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
14  Well, I can't help going to see Sibyl play," he cried, "even if it is only for a single act.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
15  You are like one of the heroes of those silly melodramas Mother used to be so fond of acting in.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
16  When the second act was over, there came a storm of hisses, and Lord Henry got up from his chair and put on his coat.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
17  The young man was leaning against the mantelshelf, watching him with that strange expression that one sees on the faces of those who are absorbed in a play when some great artist is acting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
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