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1 That was horrible in its cruelty.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 10
2 One would have said that there was a touch of cruelty in the mouth.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7
3 And, yet, there was the picture before him, with the touch of cruelty in the mouth.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7
4 I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 8
5 The vicious cruelty that marred the fine lines of the mouth had, no doubt, appeared at the very moment that the girl had drunk the poison, whatever it was.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 8
6 The quivering ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7
7 It was with an almost cruel joy--and perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place--that he used to read the latter part of the book, with its really tragic, if somewhat overemphasized, account of the sorrow and despair of one who had himself lost what in others, and the world, he had most dearly valued.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 11