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1  It is in an empty stable in the Home Farm, sir.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
2  The last act was played to almost empty benches.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
3  He felt as if his heart was beating itself to death in some empty hollow.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14
4  Huge carts filled with nodding lilies rumbled slowly down the polished empty street.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
5  To-night, for the first time in my life, I saw through the hollowness, the sham, the silliness of the empty pageant in which I had always played.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
6  The gallery and pit were fairly full, but the two rows of dingy stalls were quite empty, and there was hardly a person in what I suppose they called the dress-circle.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  A faded Flemish tapestry, a curtained picture, an old Italian cassone, and an almost empty book-case--that was all that it seemed to contain, besides a chair and a table.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13