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1  Then he turned to the still figure in the chair.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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2  He threw himself into a chair and began to think.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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3  Hallward stirred in his chair as if he was going to rise.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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4  Campbell took a chair by the table, and Dorian sat opposite to him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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5  As he read it, his face became ghastly pale and he fell back in his chair.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  "Yes, I thought you would like it," replied his host, rising from his chair.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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7  An hour later he was at the opera, and Lord Henry was leaning over his chair.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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8  "Yes, of course," answered Lord Henry, sinking into a chair and slowly pulling off his yellow gloves.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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9  Then he flung himself into the rickety chair that was standing by the table and buried his face in his hands.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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10  He got up from his chair and drew a large screen right in front of the portrait, shuddering as he glanced at it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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11  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
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12  When Lord Henry had sat down again, Mr. Erskine moved round, and taking a chair close to him, placed his hand upon his arm.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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13  The thing was still seated in the chair, straining over the table with bowed head, and humped back, and long fantastic arms.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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14  I have to call for my husband at the club, to take him to some absurd meeting at Willis's Rooms, where he is going to be in the chair.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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15  Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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16  A faded Flemish tapestry, a curtained picture, an old Italian cassone, and an almost empty book-case--that was all that it seemed to contain, besides a chair and a table.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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17  He winced at the memory of all that he had suffered, and for a moment the same curious feeling of loathing for Basil Hallward that had made him kill him as he sat in the chair came back to him, and he grew cold with passion.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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