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1  He offered an extravagant price.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
2  A white-smocked carter offered him some cherries.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
3  I don't offer any explanation, and you are not to ask for any.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
4  And so when I got this offer from Paris, I determined to make your portrait the principal thing in my exhibition.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
5  On the first night I was at the theatre, the horrid old Jew came round to the box after the performance was over and offered to take me behind the scenes and introduce me to her.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  When the Huns lured the king into the great pit, he flung it away--Procopius tells the story--nor was it ever found again, though the Emperor Anastasius offered five hundred-weight of gold pieces for it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
7  His father had been our ambassador at Madrid when Isabella was young and Prim unthought of, but had retired from the diplomatic service in a capricious moment of annoyance on not being offered the Embassy at Paris, a post to which he considered that he was fully entitled by reason of his birth, his indolence, the good English of his dispatches, and his inordinate passion for pleasure.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3