The Bohemian was lying close under the guns of the city, so that in the event of their being discharged, she would sustain no damage; and as His Excellency rode out of the city gate, his eyes rested admiringly on the beautiful little craft.
— from The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Fergus Hume

As he turned to go, his eye rested admiringly on the rose tree; and he stopped to gaze at it.
— from The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Let us go," he exclaimed, rising at once and ringing his bell.
— from The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love by William Le Queux

A great doctrine therefore and a great consolation are set before us, while we trace both these churches to these their original fountains, as it were, and when we mark that wonderful counsel, with which God has ever ruled and overruled these things; ordaining that the true Church should at one time be greater and at another time less; yet, so that the hypocritical and the bloody church should always have the glory before the world and should crucify the true Church, which is the beloved of her God.
— from Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1: Luther on the Creation by Martin Luther