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1  When she knew its unreality, she died, as Juliet might have died.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
2  Out of the unreal shadows of the night comes back the real life that we had known.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
3  I should like to write a novel certainly, a novel that would be as lovely as a Persian carpet and as unreal.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
4  A dim sense of having taken part in some strange tragedy came to him once or twice, but there was the unreality of a dream about it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
5  It should have the dignity of a ceremony, as well as its unreality, and should combine the insincere character of a romantic play with the wit and beauty that make such plays delightful to us.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
6  To-night, for the first time, I became conscious that the Romeo was hideous, and old, and painted, that the moonlight in the orchard was false, that the scenery was vulgar, and that the words I had to speak were unreal, were not my words, were not what I wanted to say.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  His unreal and selfish love would yield to some higher influence, would be transformed into some nobler passion, and the portrait that Basil Hallward had painted of him would be a guide to him through life, would be to him what holiness is to some, and conscience to others, and the fear of God to us all.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8