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her eyes are dry and calm her
Yet on stepping from the cabinet her eyes are dry and calm, her look is even cheerful.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

he evaded a direct answer contenting himself
Yet he evaded a direct answer; contenting himself with saying to Nicodemus, that nobody can share in the kingdom of God unless he be born again.
— from Ecce Homo! Or, A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

his eyes alternately dilated and contracted his
The pupils of his eyes alternately dilated and contracted, his mouth opened and closed; he passed his hand over his forehead.
— from The Duke of Stockbridge: A Romance of Shays' Rebellion by Edward Bellamy

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