But he remembered how, even then, she had surprised him by dropping back to inexpressive girlishness as soon as her conscience had been eased of its burden; and he saw that she would probably go through life dealing to the best of her ability with each experience as it came, but never anticipating any by so much as a stolen glance.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Now it is an essential principle of reason, however employed, to push its knowledge to a consciousness of its necessity (without which it would not be rational knowledge).
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

The hostess, seeing his dilemma, would say: "It is rather difficult to read here evenings; the proverb says 'you must have a ship at sea in order to be able to burn two candles at once;' we never have an extra candle except on extra occasions."
— from The Art of Money Getting; Or, Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

He rubbed his eyes two or three times, wondering if he were still asleep or awake and decided he must be awake.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

And raising his eyes to the sacristan, he said: “I have sent for you on business, my good man.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He spurred his horse into the waves, and raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed with a tone of a fanatic, "Great God!
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Vanka raised his eyes to the dark ikon on which the light of his candle was reflected, and vividly recalled his grandfather, Konstantin Makaritch, who was night watchman to a family called Zhivarev.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

‘You spoke,’ he resumed, as she raised her eyes to him again, ‘of your first object.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

But when he awoke in the still morning darkness he found it impossible to reawaken his evening thoughts; it was as if they had been tired out and were not to be roused to further work.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

But one of the ten, who, a little while after leaving the camp, had gone back on the pretext that he had forgotten something or other, remained behind at Rome; he explained that by his return to the camp he was released from the obligation of his oath.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

She even raised her eyes to interrogate him.
— from Demos by George Gissing

It is astonishing to us now to realise how even the word "culture" was distorted from its real meaning and made into the badge of a certain set.
— from Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

Retief, having entered the Natal district with his party, decided after some time to visit the residence of the Zulu chief, in order to negotiate a treaty of peace, and, if possible, to obtain from him a grant or sale of land.
— from Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

This done, he lost little time in folding his blanket round him, extinguishing the light and rolling on to the boughs, where, like the others, he eagerly awaited developments.
— from Oakdale Boys in Camp by Morgan Scott

Jeanne raised her eyes to the walls, took one glance, then a second, and, not being called back to the medals, stepped softly up to the picture at which I had begun.
— from The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Complete by René Bazin

With his former air of unconcern Otto again raised his eyes to the horizon, smiling vaguely.
— from The Downfall by Émile Zola

During the fortnight which followed this provisional consent of the States, the prince redoubled his efforts to counteract the Barneveld party.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

She would then peep round into the glass, and still seeing puss there, would renew her efforts to catch her.
— from Cats: Their Points and Characteristics With Curiosities of Cat Life, and a Chapter on Feline Ailments by Gordon Stables

Betty raised her eyes to his with a half-inquiry in them, which he did not understand.
— from The Laurel Walk by Mrs. Molesworth

she asked with a malicious little smile, and without raising her eyes to mine.
— from Mauprat by George Sand