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1  Then she flung herself on her knees and kissed my hands.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
2  Then he lit a cigarette and flung himself down on the sofa.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
3  He flung himself down on the sofa and turned away his face.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
4  Sybil rushed to her, flung her arms round her neck, and kissed her.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
5  Lord Henry flung himself into a large wicker arm-chair and watched him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  A look of pain came across him, and he flung the rich pall over the picture.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
7  And Lord Henry flung himself down on the divan and opened his cigarette-case.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
8  He frowned, and tearing the paper in two, went across the room and flung the pieces away.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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9  A low moan broke from her, and she flung herself at his feet and lay there like a trampled flower.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
10  Then, stooping down and taking up the gold-and-purple hanging, he flung it right over the picture.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14
11  Then he flung himself into the rickety chair that was standing by the table and buried his face in his hands.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
12  As the door closed behind them, the painter flung himself down on a sofa, and a look of pain came into his face.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
13  Then he rose from the table, lit a cigarette, and flung himself down on a luxuriously cushioned couch that stood facing the screen.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
14  Yet, when her arms were flung round his neck, and her fingers strayed through his hair, he softened and kissed her with real affection.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
15  With a stifled sob the lad leaped from the couch, and, rushing over to Hallward, tore the knife out of his hand, and flung it to the end of the studio.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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16  When the Huns lured the king into the great pit, he flung it away--Procopius tells the story--nor was it ever found again, though the Emperor Anastasius offered five hundred-weight of gold pieces for it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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17  He went towards the little, pearl-coloured octagonal stand that had always looked to him like the work of some strange Egyptian bees that wrought in silver, and taking up the volume, flung himself into an arm-chair and began to turn over the leaves.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
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