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1  I am nearly always at home at five o'clock.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
2  Every second he kept glancing at the clock.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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3  Good-bye, Mother; I will have my dinner at five o'clock.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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4  When the clock struck six, he got up and went to the door.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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5  The formal monotonous ticking of the Louis Quatorze clock annoyed him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  "Ten minutes past two, sir," answered the man, looking at the clock and blinking.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
7  It was after five o'clock, and Sibyl had to lie down for a couple of hours before acting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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8  Well, one evening about seven o'clock, I determined to go out in search of some adventure.
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9  When he arrived home, about half-past twelve o'clock, he saw a telegram lying on the hall table.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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10  A fly buzzed noisily about the room, and the ticking of the clock was like the beat of a hammer.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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11  Three o'clock struck, and four, and the half-hour rang its double chime, but Dorian Gray did not stir.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
12  At nine o'clock the next morning his servant came in with a cup of chocolate on a tray and opened the shutters.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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13  On reaching the library, he found that it was just after five o'clock and that the tea had been already brought up.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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14  It was almost nine o'clock before he reached the club, where he found Lord Henry sitting alone, in the morning-room, looking very much bored.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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15  He was walking home about eleven o'clock from Lord Henry's, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
16  The ticking of the clock on the mantelpiece seemed to him to be dividing time into separate atoms of agony, each of which was too terrible to be borne.
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17  After I left you yesterday evening, Harry, I dressed, had some dinner at that little Italian restaurant in Rupert Street you introduced me to, and went down at eight o'clock to the theatre.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
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