As soon as the rabbit was introduced, the eagle fixed his eye upon it, and the rabbit intently returned the gaze, and began going round the eagle in circles, approaching nearer each time, the eagle meanwhile turning on his axis (as it were) on the block of wood upon which he was seated, and keeping his eye fixed upon that of the rabbit.
— from The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse

[Pg 88] The heap of boulders lay at the foot of a steep precipice, and it was evident that no one from above could approach near enough to the edge to look down upon them.
— from A Soldier's Daughter, and Other Stories by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

But it was upon the temple crowning a near elevation that the eye would rest, in rapt astonishment at its magnificence and grandeur.
— from The Golden Magnet by George Manville Fenn

This on analysis by Winkler was found to contain a new element to the extent of about seven per cent.
— from History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2) From 1850 to 1910 by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Thorpe

But these philosophers were deceived; the position or direction is only a circumstance, and not essential to the existence of an object.
— from Buffon's Natural History. Volume 08 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de