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1  There is something of a child about her.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
2  I may mention that she was not the woman's only child.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
3  Months of voiceless agony, and then a child born in pain.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
4  My child, you are far too young to think of falling in love.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
5  She looked such a child, and seemed to know so little about acting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
6  And, yet, a feeling of infinite regret came over him, as he thought of her lying at his feet sobbing like a little child.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  She consoled herself by telling Sibyl how desolate she felt her life would be, now that she had only one child to look after.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
8  He had not entered the place for more than four years--not, indeed, since he had used it first as a play-room when he was a child, and then as a study when he grew somewhat older.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
9  Don't forget that you will have only one child now to look after, and believe me that if this man wrongs my sister, I will find out who he is, track him down, and kill him like a dog.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5