Jean Valjean experienced an indescribable contagion of tranquillity in that alley of ancient Paris, which is so narrow that it is barred against carriages by a transverse beam placed on two posts, which is deaf and dumb in the midst of the clamorous city, dimly lighted at midday, and is, so to speak, incapable of emotions between two rows of lofty houses centuries old, which hold their peace like ancients as they are.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

He looked at me, and I saw that he did not know what I meant.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

She looked at me, and I saw that she was putting in a bit of the old drenched-irises stuff.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

He started as though he were frightened, and looked at me; and I saw that it was not enough, and on the spot, in my full officer's uniform, I dropped at his feet and bowed my head to the ground.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I mean the law of libels against magistrates, and if so, the argument is reversed, and is wholly on my side.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

Why, when I put some rolls of bandage in the hot oven to sterilize this morning, she looked at me as if she thought I was crazy!”
— from Crossed Trails in Mexico Mexican Mystery Stories #3 by Helen Randolph

We’ve doubled on the portage, which made that something like a mile, and I suppose took about an hour.
— from The Young Alaskans on the Trail by Emerson Hough

When she raised her face to look at me again, I saw that she was pale.
— from The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac

Mingling with them, I looked about me, as I saw them look about.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 by Various

Then the child looked, and made answer,— “I see the builders busy at their work.”
— from Squib and His Friends by Evelyn Everett-Green

She was not looking at me, and I saw that her gaze was directed to a spot on the ground in front of her.
— from With Force and Arms: A Tale of Love and Salem Witchcraft by Howard Roger Garis