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1  He answered to every touch and thrill of the bow.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
2  There was something in your touch that was wonderful.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
3  I love beautiful things that one can touch and handle.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
4  Then Death himself had touched her and taken her with him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
5  One would have said that there was a touch of cruelty in the mouth.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
6  Her flowerlike lips touched the withered cheek and warmed its frost.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
7  As he was passing out of the door, Dorian Gray touched him on the arm.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
8  Just touch the bell, and when Parker comes I will tell him what you want.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  "Eighteen years," laughed Dorian Gray, with a touch of triumph in his voice.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
10  And, yet, there was the picture before him, with the touch of cruelty in the mouth.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
11  The moment she touched actual life, she marred it, and it marred her, and so she passed away.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
12  "It is only the sacred things that are worth touching, Dorian," said Lord Henry, with a strange touch of pathos in his voice.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
13  As he closed the door behind him, Dorian Gray touched the bell, and in a few minutes Victor appeared with the lamps and drew the blinds down.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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14  Hallward painted away with that marvellous bold touch of his, that had the true refinement and perfect delicacy that in art, at any rate comes only from strength.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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15  The man had to touch him twice on the shoulder before he woke, and as he opened his eyes a faint smile passed across his lips, as though he had been lost in some delightful dream.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14
16  He collected together from all parts of the world the strangest instruments that could be found, either in the tombs of dead nations or among the few savage tribes that have survived contact with Western civilizations, and loved to touch and try them.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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17  The few words that Basil's friend had said to him--words spoken by chance, no doubt, and with wilful paradox in them--had touched some secret chord that had never been touched before, but that he felt was now vibrating and throbbing to curious pulses.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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