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1  It is one of the great romantic tragedies of the age.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
2  It is not my fault that this terrible tragedy has prevented my doing what was right.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
3  I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
4  Romeo was a stout elderly gentleman, with corked eyebrows, a husky tragedy voice, and a figure like a beer-barrel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
5  A dim sense of having taken part in some strange tragedy came to him once or twice, but there was the unreality of a dream about it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
6  I fancy that the true explanation is this: It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
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