See how his eyes gloat on thy grief, like a kite's upon the prey!
— from Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The older lad, his endurance giving out, said: “Let go my hand, I am going to give you my watch.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Montmorency gave a cry of joy—the cry of a stern warrior who sees his enemy given over to his hands—the sort of cry Cromwell might have uttered when the Scots came down the hill—and flew after his prey.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Soon after, even these grew dim, and faded in distance from her sight; but she still sat gazing on the vast scene of cloudless sky, and mighty waters, and listening in pleasing awe to the deep-sounding waves, while, as her eyes glanced over the Adriatic, towards the opposite shores, which were, however, far beyond the reach of sight, she thought of Greece, and, a thousand classical remembrances stealing to her mind, she experienced that pensive luxury which is felt on viewing the scenes of ancient story, and on comparing their present state of silence and solitude with that of their former grandeur and animation.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

"Pray tell me anything new that has happened to a man anywhere on this globe"—and he reads it over his coffee and rolls, that a man has had his eyes gouged out this morning on the Wachito River; never dreaming the while that he lives in the dark unfathomed mammoth cave of this world, and has but the rudiment of an eye himself.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Since early youth I had had enigmatic glimpses of three buildings, each in a different setting.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

They have been active and passive in this business, they have either given or taken horns.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Good luck, the advice about sleeping with your head significantly elevated is the best I have ever given out to fellow sinus problem sufferers.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

It was impossible for Lord Albert to mistake what this arrangement implied; his whole frame was convulsed, though he betrayed no gesture of suffering, but stood rooted to the spot, as his eyes gazed on her, walking away feebly between her two supporters, without thinking of following her; and then, by a sudden impulse, he rushed after her, and arrived at the door just in time to see Mr. Foley get into the carriage, after having placed the ladies in safety, and to hear the word "home" pronounced by the footman as they drove from the door of the Opera-house.
— from The Exclusives (vol. 2 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

Mother-in-law was waiting for me somewhere—I had to go and check on my credit, so after going into the Sears' office, coming back on the escalator, here was the group again, and I tried to be polite and let her and her escort get on the escalator, and I stepped on and I told to one, who later I found out was Martin, and I didn't know at that time who was Martin, and I told him, I said, "If she needs help in translating the language, please call on me."
— from Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

He grasped his left-hand brace with his right hand, always thrust into his waistcoat; he head was flung far back, his eyes gazed out into space.
— from Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac

They were going up the village street now, and a hard tearless face was presented to a highly emotional group of spectators.
— from The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) by May Sinclair

His hand was closed over the tiller, his eyes glued on a spot to leeward.
— from The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

James Lloyd , appointed a Senator by the State of Maryland, in the place of John Henry, elected Governor of said State, produced his credentials; and, the oath required by law being administered, he took his seat in the Senate.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

[373] We dined once with Mr. Washburne, who during dinner showed his extreme goodness of heart in a very characteristic manner.
— from Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland

Argus, of the hundred eyes, guardian of Io. Ariadne, daughter of King Minos, who helped Theseus slay the Minotaur.
— from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch