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1  He was like a common gardener walking with a rose.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
2  The common hill-flowers wither, but they blossom again.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
3  The common people who acted with me seemed to me to be godlike.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
4  In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
5  Even the common uneducated audience of the pit and gallery lost their interest in the play.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
6  I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
7  The consequence is that he has nothing left for life but his prejudices, his principles, and his common sense.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
8  In this country, it is enough for a man to have distinction and brains for every common tongue to wag against him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
9  These common rough people, with their coarse faces and brutal gestures, become quite different when she is on the stage.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
10  The inherited stupidity of the race--sound English common sense he jovially termed it--was shown to be the proper bulwark for society.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
11  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
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
12  As midnight was striking bronze blows upon the dusky air, Dorian Gray, dressed commonly, and with a muffler wrapped round his throat, crept quietly out of his house.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
13  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
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2