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1  He lives close by in Kozel's house.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII
2  Raskolnikov sank worn out on the sofa, but could not close his eyes.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER II
3  But he was drinking water from a spring which flowed gurgling close by.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
4  He used to cling close to his father, trembling all over when he met them.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
5  The staircase leading to the old woman's room was close by, just on the right of the gateway.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
6  One of them held a lighted lantern which he was turning on something lying close to the wheels.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII
7  He bent down as close as possible to Zametov, and his lips began to move without uttering a word.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI
8  From the inner rooms clouds of tobacco smoke floated in, she kept coughing, but did not close the door.
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ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
9  Looking round, he noticed that he was standing close to a tavern which was entered by steps leading from the pavement to the basement.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I
10  It was insufferably close, and so heavy with the fumes of spirits that five minutes in such an atmosphere might well make a man drunk.
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ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
11  The room was close, but she had not opened the window; a stench rose from the staircase, but the door on to the stairs was not closed.
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ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
12  Taking no further notice of him, she walked towards the outer door to close it and uttered a sudden scream on seeing her husband on his knees in the doorway.
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ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
13  Someone was standing stealthily close to the lock and just as he was doing on the outside was secretly listening within, and seemed to have her ear to the door.
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ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
14  This is how I should behave, Raskolnikov began, again bringing his face close to Zametov's, again staring at him and speaking in a whisper, so that the latter positively shuddered.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI
15  She had on a dress of some light silky material, but put on strangely awry, not properly hooked up, and torn open at the top of the skirt, close to the waist: a great piece was rent and hanging loose.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
16  "I was searching--and came here on purpose to do it--for news of the murder of the old pawnbroker woman," he articulated at last, almost in a whisper, bringing his face exceedingly close to the face of Zametov.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI
17  When Dounia spoke to him with enthusiasm about you, he answered that one could never judge of a man without seeing him close, for oneself, and that he looked forward to forming his own opinion when he makes your acquaintance.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
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