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

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

At last, after many alterations, it seemed to suit him.
— from Scott Burton, Forester by Edward G. (Edward Gheen) Cheyney

He looked at me awhile in silence; then said, with a sorrowful frown: "I make no doubt you are tongue-tied by a compact.
— from Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. by Robert Neilson Stephens

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

I looked at Matteo, and I saw that suddenly a passion had caught hold of him; his face was red, his eyes staring wide, and his voice was hoarse and thick.
— from The Making of a Saint by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

The constable, who had read out the information in an official voice, now looked at me, as I stood there stupefied.
— from Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer

Then Richard Dawson looked at me; and I saw the stupefaction in his eyes.
— from The Story of Bawn by Katharine Tynan