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1  You have crushed the grapes against your palate.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
2  Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandon's.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
3  She has been innocent, and the black hands of jealousy have crushed her reedlike throat.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
4  Then he loathed his own beauty, and flinging the mirror on the floor, crushed it into silver splinters beneath his heel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 20
5  Years ago, when I was a boy," said Dorian Gray, crushing the flower in his hand, "you met me, flattered me, and taught me to be vain of my good looks.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
6  He rushed at him and dug the knife into the great vein that is behind the ear, crushing the man's head down on the table and stabbing again and again.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
7  He knew what was waiting for him there; saw it, indeed, and, shuddering, crushed with dank hands his burning lids as though he would have robbed the very brain of sight and driven the eyeballs back into their cave.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14