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1  His throat burned and his delicate hands twitched nervously together.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
2  She had all the delicate grace of that Tanagra figurine that you have in your studio, Basil.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
3  As he thought of it, a sharp pang of pain struck through him like a knife and made each delicate fibre of his nature quiver.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
4  It seemed to him that in exquisite raiment, and to the delicate sound of flutes, the sins of the world were passing in dumb show before him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
5  It was tea-time, and the mellow light of the huge, lace-covered lamp that stood on the table lit up the delicate china and hammered silver of the service at which the duchess was presiding.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17
6  The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
7  There were moments, indeed, at night, when, lying sleepless in his own delicately scented chamber, or in the sordid room of the little ill-famed tavern near the docks which, under an assumed name and in disguise, it was his habit to frequent, he would think of the ruin he had brought upon his soul with a pity that was all the more poignant because it was purely selfish.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
8  He had uttered a mad wish that he himself might remain young, and the portrait grow old; that his own beauty might be untarnished, and the face on the canvas bear the burden of his passions and his sins; that the painted image might be seared with the lines of suffering and thought, and that he might keep all the delicate bloom and loveliness of his then just conscious boyhood.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7