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1  It has had that excellent effect, amongst others.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
2  Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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3  London is very rich in curious effects of that kind.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
4  All right, Uncle George, I'll tell her, but it won't have any effect.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
5  Sibyl, however, was quite unconscious of the effect she was producing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
6  One has a right to judge of a man by the effect he has over his friends.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
7  It was a marvellous spotted thing, as effective as the seven deadly sins.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17
8  And I have caught the effect I wanted--the half-parted lips and the bright look in the eyes.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
10  Any one you love must be marvellous, and any girl who has the effect you describe must be fine and noble.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
11  Sometimes this was the effect of art, and chiefly of the art of literature, which dealt immediately with the passions and the intellect.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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12  After a strained moment of silence, he leaned across and said, very quietly, but watching the effect of each word upon the face of him he had sent for, "Alan, in a locked room at the top of this house, a room to which nobody but myself has access, a dead man is seated at a table."
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14