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a scowl his lidless eyes as

Besides being ruthlessly caricatured, he is usually pictured with a scowl, his lidless eyes as wide open as those upon a Chinese junk-prow or an Egyptian coffin-lid.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

and she has listened earnestly and

{792} "It has been hard for me to write this poor, childish letter; one poor apple-woman—poor, yet not so poor as I—has been my only friend; to her I have talked for hours of you, and she has listened earnestly, and will do her utmost for you two.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

at Stationers Hall London Electrotyped and

[Pg 2] Copyright, 1898 By L. C. Page and Company (INCORPORATED) Entered at Stationers' Hall, London Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A.
— from Rose à Charlitte by Marshall Saunders

alkaline solutions hence lime easily attacks

The caustic alkaline earths act in the same manner as dilute alkaline solutions; hence lime easily attacks the epidermis, and loosens the hair, but does not readily destroy the latter.
— from The Principles of Leather Manufacture by H. R. (Henry Richardson) Procter

and strained his longsighted eyes at

" Here Bob got up and strained his longsighted eyes at some object in the bushes on the other side of the brook.
— from The Graysons: A Story of Illinois by Edward Eggleston

ascendancy she has long enjoyed among

We, the men of this calculating and prosaic nineteenth century, have, it is probable, but a faint idea of the influence which heraldry exerted on the minds of our rude forefathers of that chivalrous age: but we can hardly refuse to admit that, by diffusing more widely the enthusiasm of martial prowess, it lent a powerful aid to the formation of our national character, and strongly tended to give to England that proud military ascendancy she has long enjoyed among the nations of the earth.
— from The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

and shore he lifted eyes and

As one stunned, he gazed for a moment upon his slave, who still knelt with clasped hands and rolling eyeballs; but when he became aware of the laughter and cheers that greeted him from both deck and shore, he lifted eyes and hands to heaven, and cried like the veriest babe.
— from Old Creole Days: A Story of Creole Life by George Washington Cable

Against strange headlands lying east and

In hard hot battle, and the night came up Against strange headlands lying east and north, Behold a black, wild wind with death to all Ran shoreward, charged with flame and thunder-smoke, Which blew the waters into wastes of white, And broke the bark, as lightning breaks the pine; Whereat the sea in fearful circles showed Unpitied faces turned from Zeus and light— Wan swimmers wasted with their agony, And hopeless eyes and moaning mouths of men.
— from The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Henry Kendall

after shared his long exile and

Elias joined him soon after, shared his long exile, and suffered confiscation of his fief in consequence.
— from The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) by George Burton Adams

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