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1  He discovered wonderful stories, also, about jewels.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
2  Others find a great consolation in suddenly discovering the good qualities of their husbands.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
3  "When America was discovered," said the Radical member--and he began to give some wearisome facts.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
4  She told me she had discovered a wonderful young man who was going to help her in the East End, and that his name was Dorian Gray.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
5  The selenite waxed and waned with the moon, and the meloceus, that discovers thieves, could be affected only by the blood of kids.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
6  At least he declared he did, and insisted on shaking him by the hand and assuring him that he was proud to meet a man who had discovered a real genius and gone bankrupt over a poet.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  Before a week was over he was to come across a large nugget of pure gold, the largest nugget that had ever been discovered, and bring it down to the coast in a waggon guarded by six mounted policemen.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
8  When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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9  His extraordinary absences became notorious, and, when he used to reappear again in society, men would whisper to each other in corners, or pass him with a sneer, or look at him with cold searching eyes, as though they were determined to discover his secret.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
10  He turned them out and, having thrown his hat and cape on the table, passed through the library towards the door of his bedroom, a large octagonal chamber on the ground floor that, in his new-born feeling for luxury, he had just had decorated for himself and hung with some curious Renaissance tapestries that had been discovered stored in a disused attic at Selby Royal.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7