24 This Antiochus died in the hundred forty and ninth year; but it was Lysias that declared his death to the multitude, and appointed his son Antiochus to be king, [of whom at present he had the care,] and called him Eupator.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The instant Uncas had struck the blow, he moved out of the circle, and cast his eyes up to the sun, which was just gaining the point, when the truce with Magua was to end.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

H2 anchor Praemeditation, Aggravateth A Crime arising from a sudden Passion, is not so great, as when the same ariseth from long meditation: For in the former case there is a place for Extenuation, in the common infirmity of humane nature: but he that doth it with praemeditation, has used circumspection, and cast his eye, on the Law, on the punishment, and on the consequence thereof to humane society; all which in committing the Crime, hee hath contemned, and postposed to his own appetite.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

He put the letter under the candlestick and closed his eyes.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

It is true, I was not in the possession of my claimants, and could have easily remained in England, for the same friends who had so generously purchased my freedom, would have assisted me in establishing myself in that country.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

The doctor had drooped his head upon his chest, and closed his eyes, in all the gratification of having ravished the first fruits of this charming youth’s beauteous bottom, and I could see by his momentary convulsive thrusts, and the pressures of his hands on Dale’s hips to draw the bottom more completely against his belly, as well as by the broken sighs that heaved his bosom, how exquisitely he was enjoying his triumph.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Then without further remark, she threw herself on her couch, and closing her eyes remained motionless; so that but for the deep sighs that burst from her, it would have seemed that she slept.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Some one once invented it, shouted 'Crisis!' and congratulated himself ever after.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

That she was seeing with different eyes and making the acquaintance of new conditions in herself that colored and changed her environment, she did not yet suspect.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

But the military authorities at Peshawar, including General Sidney Cotton and Colonel Herbert Edwardes, vehemently opposed the measure.
— from India Under British Rule from the Foundation of the East India Company by James Talboys Wheeler

So the gentleman, who was John Prosser, PhD, got into the cab which was waiting for him; and having seen that his luggage was all brought to the conveyance, threw himself into a corner and closed his eyes, having given his direction to the driver as he was stepping into the vehicle.
— from True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best by Theodore P. Wilson

After he had gone she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes; and for a long time, far into the night and still further, she sat in the still drawing-room, given up to her meditation.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James

Grace now sank into her chair by the fire, put her head back against the cushion and closed her eyes.
— from Talbot's Angles by Amy Ella Blanchard

So these two groups, one at the beginning, the other at the end, one from the mysterious East, the other from the progressive and cultured West, received each a half of the completed truth, the gospel of Incarnation and Sacrifice, and witness to the sufficiency of Christ for all human needs, and to the coming of the time when all the races of men shall gather round the throne to which cradle and cross have exalted Him, and shall recognise in Him the Prince of all the kings of the earth, and the Lamb slain for the sins of the world.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St. Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren

When her charming doctor had disappeared through the doorway, Kitty fell back on her cushions and closed her eyes.
— from Youth and the Bright Medusa by Willa Cather

HIRAM C. HIGBY Swenson snapped off the intercom, glanced at his Dispatch Sheet, leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
— from Swenson, Dispatcher by R. De Witt (Richard De Witt) Miller

Unable to hear with comfort what was being said by her chums, Marjorie had briefly leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.
— from Marjorie Dean, College Freshman by Josephine Chase

Oisters, Egs, Cox-combs, sweet breads, Lam-stones, Caveer, &c. and counsell him every morning to go to the Coffe-house and drink some Chocolate; & above all things advise him to desist from Tabacco and drying things, or any other things that are too cooling for the kidneys.
— from The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by A. Marsh

She leaned back in a corner of the carriage, and closed her eyes.
— from That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope