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1  A keen east wind hit them, blowing from the mouth of the river.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In GRACE
2  It crept onward among ruinous houses and over the twinkling river.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In ARABY
3  He turned his eyes to the grey gleaming river, winding along towards Dublin.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
4  A dull, yellow light brooded over the houses and the river; and the sky seemed to be descending.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In THE DEAD
5  As he crossed Grattan Bridge he looked down the river towards the lower quays and pitied the poor stunted houses.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A LITTLE CLOUD
6  The river lay quiet beside the empty distillery and from time to time a light appeared in some house on the Lucan road.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
7  The lamps were still burning redly in the murky air and, across the river, the palace of the Four Courts stood out menacingly against the heavy sky.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In THE DEAD
8  He lived in an old sombre house and from his windows he could look into the disused distillery or upwards along the shallow river on which Dublin is built.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
9  Beyond the river he saw a goods train winding out of Kingsbridge Station, like a worm with a fiery head winding through the darkness, obstinately and laboriously.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
10  When he gained the crest of the Magazine Hill he halted and looked along the river towards Dublin, the lights of which burned redly and hospitably in the cold night.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
11  It was noon when we reached the quays and, as all the labourers seemed to be eating their lunches, we bought two big currant buns and sat down to eat them on some metal piping beside the river.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In AN ENCOUNTER