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1  Besides, Carry is the only person who can keep Gus in a good humour when we have bores in the house.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
2  One bore the address of a bank, and as it was stamped and sealed, Selden, after a moment's hesitation, laid it aside.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 14
3  The Duchess, who seldom explained herself, had not formulated her objection beyond saying: "She's rather a bore, you know."
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
4  Not that he was notably brilliant or exceptional; in his own profession he was surpassed by more than one man who had bored Lily through many a weary dinner.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
5  Mrs. Peniston, under ordinary circumstances, was as much bored by her excellent cousin as the recipient of such services usually is by the person who performs them.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
6  She did, at least, a great deal to adorn it; and as he watched the bright security with which she bore herself, he smiled to think that he should have fancied her in need of help.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
7  In fact I can't afford any of the things my friends do, and I am afraid Judy often thinks me a bore because I don't play cards any longer, and because I am not as smartly dressed as the other women.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
8  She paused a moment, and added in a lighter tone: "I didn't mean to bore you with all this, but I want your help in making Judy understand that I can't, at present, go on living as one must live among you all."
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
9  Whether any one got into the omnibus or not was a matter of secondary importance, since by standing there it not only bore witness to the orthodox intentions of the family, but made Mrs. Trenor feel, when she finally heard it drive away, that she had somehow vicariously made use of it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
10  Jack Stepney, in his new character as the richest nephew, tacitly took the lead, emphasizing his importance by the deeper gloss of his mourning and the subdued authority of his manner; while his wife's bored attitude and frivolous gown proclaimed the heiress's disregard of the insignificant interests at stake.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 4
11  A rapid glance at the stubs of the last cheques, all of which bore the date of the previous day, showed that between four or five hundred dollars of the legacy had been spent in the settlement of bills, while the remaining thousands were comprehended in one cheque, made out, at the same time, to Charles Augustus Trenor.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 14