They are of interest chiefly as showing how excessive rain and drought are apt to succeed one another.
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

“Walking up therefore to within thirty paces of him, till I could actually see his eyes rolling, I fired for the fourth time directly at the region of the heart, as I thought, but to my utter amazement up went his tail and down went his head, and with a speed that I thought him little capable of, he was upon me in a twinkling.
— from Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur-Traders by George Bird Grinnell

It may be that Beverley might have been brought to political confusion and Sir Henry Edwards relegated to private life without the expenditure of my hard-earned money, and without that for
— from An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

Then she looked at the gimlet-eyed man in the chair and saw his eyes rove from one to another of the girls questioningly.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winnebagos by Hildegard G. Frey

Then like an angel of God had he gently drawn her to him, today he seized her as if committing a sin, his eyes rolled about restlessly to see whether they were alone, and hearing Erastus approaching, quickly did he hasten towards a field, where he pulled up a few plants and placing their blossoms within the lining of his hat, cleverly engaged the physician even from afar in a conversation about his patient, before that he could come up to where the excited child stood.
— from Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Adolf Hausrath

Of course all the others could come and see him, especially Raby—but he meant to have Jeff there for good, and that was flat.
— from A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed