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1  In fact, you are sure to be out of town.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
2  When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
3  That is the reason why people who live out of town are so absolutely uncivilized.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
4  He had two large town houses, but preferred to live in chambers as it was less trouble, and took most of his meals at his club.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
5  Then he wrote a note to Lord Henry, telling him that he was going up to town to consult his doctor and asking him to entertain his guests in his absence.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
6  At five o'clock he rang his bell for his servant and gave him orders to pack his things for the night-express to town, and to have the brougham at the door by eight-thirty.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
7  Sometimes when he was down at his great house in Nottinghamshire, entertaining the fashionable young men of his own rank who were his chief companions, and astounding the county by the wanton luxury and gorgeous splendour of his mode of life, he would suddenly leave his guests and rush back to town to see that the door had not been tampered with and that the picture was still there.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11