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1  He has won all hearts by his sweetness and gentleness.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  Then Van Helsing beckoned to me, and we went gently out of the room.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
3  With white faces and trembling hands, we opened the door gently, and entered the room.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  Poor man, he was very gentle, and when I came away he kissed my hand and bade God bless me.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  When I had her carefully wrapped up I put my shoes on her feet and then began very gently to wake her.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  Lucy was sleeping gently, but her breathing was stronger; I could see the counterpane move as her breast heaved.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
7  Its master spoke to it gently, and then harshly, and then angrily; but it would neither come nor cease to make a noise.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  Gradually her eyes closed, and she sat, stock still; only by the gentle heaving of her bosom could one know that she was alive.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  The blind was down, and I went over to raise it gently, whilst Van Helsing stepped, with his soft, cat-like tread, over to the bed.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
10  I assured him that Lucy was still asleep, but told him as gently as I could that both Van Helsing and I feared that the end was near.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  I knocked gently and rang as quietly as possible, for I feared to disturb Lucy or her mother, and hoped to only bring a servant to the door.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  Van Helsing stepped forward and drew the coverlet gently over her body, whilst Art, after looking at her face for an instant despairingly, ran out of the room.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
13  The end of the winding-sheet was laid over the face; when the Professor bent over and turned it gently back, we both started at the beauty before us, the tall wax candles showing a sufficient light to note it well.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  I determined not to return to-night to the gloom-haunted rooms, but to sleep here, where, of old, ladies had sat and sung and lived sweet lives whilst their gentle breasts were sad for their menfolk away in the midst of remorseless wars.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III