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1  All the time that Agnes sang and played, the mother sat at the piano.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
2  'She knows enough of the piano to teach it to her little sisters,' said Traddles.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS
3  It was a prettily furnished room, with a piano and some lively furniture in red and green, and some flowers.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
4  Agnes played the piano to him, sat by him, and worked and talked, and played some games at dominoes with me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
5  There he sat, taking his wine, and taking a good deal of it, for two hours; while Agnes played on the piano, worked, and talked to him and me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
6  Mrs. Strong, dressed in white, with cherry-coloured ribbons, was playing the piano, when we went in; and he was leaning over her to turn the leaves.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
7  Agnes rose up from her father's side, before long; and going softly to her piano, played some of the old airs to which we had often listened in that place.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 60. AGNES
8  He looked at the back of the seat, as if he were addressing himself to that; and softly played upon it with his hands, as if he were striking chords upon a dumb piano.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE