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1 But a man can paint like Velasquez and yet be as dull as possible.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 19
2 Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls them, it was to know nothing.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 11
3 Two red sparks flashed for a moment in the woman's sodden eyes, then flickered out and left them dull and glazed.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16
4 Shrill flaring gas-jets, dulled and distorted in the fly-blown mirrors that faced them, were ranged round the walls.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16
5 He knew in what strange heavens they were suffering, and what dull hells were teaching them the secret of some new joy.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16
6 You never open your lips while you are painting, and it is horribly dull standing on a platform and trying to look pleasant.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 2
7 It was a rather curious one of Moorish workmanship, made of dull silver inlaid with arabesques of burnished steel, and studded with coarse turquoises.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 13
8 She wore a moss-coloured velvet jerkin with cinnamon sleeves, slim, brown, cross-gartered hose, a dainty little green cap with a hawk's feather caught in a jewel, and a hooded cloak lined with dull red.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 6
9 "Women are not always allowed a choice," he answered, but hardly had he finished the sentence before from the far end of the conservatory came a stifled groan, followed by the dull sound of a heavy fall.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 17