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1  Now you don't even stir my curiosity.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
2  For curiosity's sake he had tried the denial of self.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 20
3  His feeling of terror had passed away, and curiosity had taken its place.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
4  I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses one for asking any question--simple curiosity.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
5  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.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
6  That curiosity about life which Lord Henry had first stirred in him, as they sat together in the garden of their friend, seemed to increase with gratification.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
7  There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curiosity and the desire for new experiences, yet it was not a simple, but rather a very complex passion.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
8  On the contrary, you would probably feel that you were benefiting the human race, or increasing the sum of knowledge in the world, or gratifying intellectual curiosity, or something of that kind.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14