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1 A man named Klipspringer was there so often and so long that he became known as "the boarder"--I doubt if he had any other home.
The Great GatsbyBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ContextHighlight In Chapter 4
2 Mr. Sloane didn't enter into the conversation but lounged back haughtily in his chair; the woman said nothing either--until unexpectedly, after two highballs, she became cordial.
The Great GatsbyBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ContextHighlight In Chapter 6
3 And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes--a fresh, green breast of the new world.
The Great GatsbyBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ContextHighlight In Chapter 9
4 I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair.
The Great GatsbyBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ContextHighlight In Chapter 2
5 On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city, between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains.
The Great GatsbyBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ContextHighlight In Chapter 3
6 Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment and as she expanded the room grew smaller around her until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy, creaking pivot through the smoky air.
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7 He knew women early and since they spoiled him he became contemptuous of them, of young virgins because they were ignorant, of the others because they were hysterical about things which in his overwhelming self-absorption he took for granted.
The Great GatsbyBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ContextHighlight In Chapter 6
8 I suppose there'd be a curious crowd around there all day with little boys searching for dark spots in the dust and some garrulous man telling over and over what had happened until it became less and less real even to him and he could tell it no longer and Myrtle Wilson's tragic achievement was forgotten.
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