His green eye flashes bloodshot.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

His young officers, eager for battle, rode up to him and begged him not to delay.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

They asked the opinion of the others; so all in turn took sides either for Bobtail or for Falcon, some as experts, others as eyewitnesses.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

Nor were their ornaments like those in use to-day, set off by Tyrian purple, and silk tortured in endless fashions, but the wreathed leaves of the green dock and ivy, wherewith they went as bravely and becomingly decked as our Court dames with all the rare and far-fetched artifices that idle curiosity has taught them.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.'
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

It has already been seen that he was mistaken in this particular; but no matter, I profited by his error, for being conscious that the laugh was on my side, I took all his sallies in good part, and sometimes parried them with tolerable success; for, proud of the reputation of wit which Madam de Larnage had thought fit to discover in me, I no longer appeared the same man.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What Hercules but wearies of his blows At the huge Hydra?—will it show its might, And press again the lately ended fight, By thrusting forth another head to meet, At his strong sinewy arm, a fresh defeat?
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

No sooner had Pantagruel entered in at the door of the great hall of the castle, than that he encountered full butt with the good honest Gargantua coming forth from the council board, unto whom he made a succinct and summary narrative of what had passed and occurred, worthy of his observation, in his travels abroad, since their last interview; then, acquainting him with the design he had in hand, besought him that it might stand with his goodwill and pleasure to grant him leave to prosecute and go through-stitch with the enterprise which he had undertaken.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

From this adventure we, I think, may learn That for life's daily needs much learning is not wanted; But that to every man the power to earn Food by his labour has been freely granted.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Victoria knew quite well that he intended to propose again, and her heart beat rapidly as her eyes fell before the fiery light which burned in his own.
— from Whom God Hath Joined: A Question of Marriage by Fergus Hume

226-233 are in the Escurial, described by D. G. Moldenhawer, who collated them about 1783, loosely enough, for Birch's edition.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

It was broader, and infinitely masculine---framed in strong and curling black hair, the green eyes fierce beneath scowling brows.
— from Highland Ballad by Christopher Leadem

—Let Empires fall; but ne'er shall Ye disgrace
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

Yet when God hath blessed us with Peace and the purity of the Gospel, such meetings of persons of divers Families (except in the cases mentioned in these Directions) are to be disapproved, as tending to the hinderance of the Religious exercise of each Familie by it self, to the prejudice of the publike Ministery, to the renting of the Families of particular Congregations, and (in progresse of time) of the whole Kirk: besides many offences which may come thereby, to the hardning of the hearts of carnall men, and grief of the godly. VIII.
— from The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

Miriam’s eyes fell before the sudden glance of Mrs. Green’s blue green eye.
— from The Tunnel: Pilgrimage, Volume 4 by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson

There they were, a wedge driven into the German line, only a few hundred yards wide, and for 14 hours they bore the brunt of the German machine-gun fire and shell fire from the sides; and even from behind they were not safe.
— from With the Ulster Division in France A Story of the 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers), From Bordon to Thiepval. by Dorothy Gage Samuels

"Oh, well, mamma, Rose has enough for both; you must rub us together, as they do light red and Prussian blue, to make a neutral tint.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various