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1  But youth smiles without any reason.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14
2  She left the room, wreathed in smiles.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
3  With his subtle smile, Lord Henry watched him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
4  "I do, Lord Henry," murmured Mr. Erskine, with a smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
5  Mrs. Vane fixed her eyes on him and intensified her smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
6  They have their stereotyped smile and their fashionable manner.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  The colour came back to his cheeks, and a smile played about his lips.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
8  A faint smile curving that sullen mouth was all the echo she could win.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
9  Yet it was watching him, with its beautiful marred face and its cruel smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
10  He would place his white hands beside the coarse bloated hands of the picture, and smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
11  The lad hesitated, and looked over at Lord Henry, who was watching them from the tea-table with an amused smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
12  Well, Dorian," he said at length, with a sad smile, "I won't speak to you again about this horrible thing, after to-day.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
13  "I am charmed, my love, quite charmed," said Lord Henry, elevating his dark, crescent-shaped eyebrows and looking at them both with an amused smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
14  Dorian Gray never took his gaze off him, but sat like one under a spell, smiles chasing each other over his lips and wonder growing grave in his darkening eyes.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
15  For some reason or other, the house was crowded that night, and the fat Jew manager who met them at the door was beaming from ear to ear with an oily tremulous smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
16  "You have done too many foolish things during the last fortnight to be entitled to give yourself that name, Dorian," answered Lord Henry with his sweet melancholy smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
17  As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
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