They stood and gazed at the handsome young officer and his attendant, but without any of those quick motions, and eager looks, that indicate the earnestness with which those who live in monotonous ease at home, look out for amusement abroad.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

They stood, and gazed at the handsome young officer and his attendant, but without any of those quick motions and eager looks that indicate the earnestness with which those who live in monotonous ease at home look out for amusement abroad.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

With elbows on knees, and with dainty fingers entwined under her chin, Hilda Muirhead sat and gazed at this handsome young man—his nationality mattered not to her—as he told the story that “made him appear foolish.”
— from The Broken Thread by William Le Queux

"I stood upon this," says the narrator, whose account is quoted, "and had on each side a gulf about two hundred yards wide, and at least eight hundred deep; their sides were rocky, bare, and rough, scarcely the appearance of vegetation upon them: and their bottoms were covered with pointed broken rocks."
— from Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country With Copious Notes by John Pagen White

I may, however, just make this one remark with respect to the latter—that perhaps it is better they should believe in no God than believe in such a God as they have yet been able to imagine.
— from Miracles of Our Lord by George MacDonald

She stole a glance at the handsome young Sepharian.
— from Warrior of the Dawn by Howard Browne