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1  They feed the hungry and clothe the beggar.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 2
2  The smell of the singeing clothes and burning leather was horrible.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
3  The flies buzzed round the table and crawled over the stained cloth.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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4  "They say that when good Americans die they go to Paris," chuckled Sir Thomas, who had a large wardrobe of Humour's cast-off clothes.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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5  The passersby glanced in wonder at the sullen heavy youth who, in coarse, ill-fitting clothes, was in the company of such a graceful, refined-looking girl.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  Its curtains were of damask, with leafy wreaths and garlands, figured upon a gold and silver ground, and fringed along the edges with broideries of pearls, and it stood in a room hung with rows of the queen's devices in cut black velvet upon cloth of silver.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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7  His little dinners, in the settling of which Lord Henry always assisted him, were noted as much for the careful selection and placing of those invited, as for the exquisite taste shown in the decoration of the table, with its subtle symphonic arrangements of exotic flowers, and embroidered cloths, and antique plate of gold and silver.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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8  He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11