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1  O, the rain falls on my heavy locks.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In THE DEAD
2  I implored of him to go home at once and told him he would get his death in the rain.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In THE DEAD
3  When she got outside the streets were shining with rain and she was glad of her old brown waterproof.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In CLAY
4  Imminent little drops of rain hung at the brim of his hat and the collar of his jacket-coat was turned up.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
5  Through one of the broken panes I heard the rain impinge upon the earth, the fine incessant needles of water playing in the sodden beds.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In ARABY
6  She looked out at the rain until the melancholy of the wet street effaced all the trustfulness and enthusiasm from her twisted features.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A MOTHER
7  He was very nice with her, and when she was getting out at the Canal Bridge she thanked him and bowed, and he bowed to her and raised his hat and smiled agreeably, and while she was going up along the terrace, bending her tiny head under the rain, she thought how easy it was to know a gentleman even when he has a drop taken.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In CLAY