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1  The evening darkened in the room.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
2  You can have the evening to yourself.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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3  Her guests this evening were rather tedious.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
4  It has been a charming evening, and we must end it charmingly.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
5  One evening she is Rosalind, and the next evening she is Imogen.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
6  I am awfully sorry that I have made you waste an evening, Harry.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  "Our host is rather horrid this evening," answered the duchess, colouring.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17
8  I passed a dreadful evening, half afraid that one tragedy might be followed by another.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
9  Well, one evening about seven o'clock, I determined to go out in search of some adventure.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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10  With an evening coat and a white tie, as you told me once, anybody, even a stock-broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
11  It was simply to say that he sent him round the evening paper, and a book that might interest him, and that he would be at the club at eight-fifteen.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
12  I remembered what you had said to me on that wonderful evening when we first dined together, about the search for beauty being the real secret of life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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13  That evening, at eight-thirty, exquisitely dressed and wearing a large button-hole of Parma violets, Dorian Gray was ushered into Lady Narborough's drawing-room by bowing servants.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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14  Sitting down at the writing-table he scribbled a note to Lord Henry, asking him to send him round something to read and reminding him that they were to meet at eight-fifteen that evening.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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15  He was to be a nice sheep-farmer, and one evening, as he was riding home, he was to see the beautiful heiress being carried off by a robber on a black horse, and give chase, and rescue her.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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16  After I left you yesterday evening, Harry, I dressed, had some dinner at that little Italian restaurant in Rupert Street you introduced me to, and went down at eight o'clock to the theatre.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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17  Once or twice every month during the winter, and on each Wednesday evening while the season lasted, he would throw open to the world his beautiful house and have the most celebrated musicians of the day to charm his guests with the wonders of their art.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
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