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snow covered his eyes and the

The snow covered his eyes and the wind seemed intent on stopping him, but bending forward and constantly lapping his coat over and pushing it between himself and the cold harness pad which prevented him from sitting properly, he kept urging the horse on.
— from Master and Man by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

sometimes curse his enemy and tie

Thus among the Hos of West Africa a sorcerer will sometimes curse his enemy and tie a knot in a stalk of grass, saying, “I have tied up
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

shoulders closing his eyes as though

Suppressing a smile of pleasure, he shrugged his shoulders, closing his eyes, as though to say that that could not be a source of joy to him.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Some climbers have even asserted that

[Pg 357] Some climbers have even asserted that late in the afternoon of extremely clear days the glint of the western sun can be seen upon the Pacific, a hundred and fifty miles distant.
— from The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman

separately confined has easy access to

But the visitor to the cell of the convict, or the prisoner separately confined, has easy access to the feelings of the inmate, and the lesson given is allowed time to have some favorable effect.
— from The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (New Series, No. 3, January 1864) by Pennsylvania Prison Society

she closed her eyes and turned

but she closed her eyes, and turned her face away again.
— from Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

She closed her eyes and tried

She closed her eyes and tried to clutch them.
— from Conjuror's House: A Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White

should certainly have expected all that

From the wealthy and enlightened United States we should certainly have expected all that money and science could afford in the shape of superior weapons and efficiency of commissariat and medical service, while we could have easily pardoned a little unsteadiness in civilians suddenly turned into soldiers.
— from The Land of Contrasts: A Briton's View of His American Kin by James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead

success crowned his efforts and the

This time success crowned his efforts, and the small herd eventually multiplied to as many as 45 animals, but generally the herd has been kept at about 20-25 head ever since.
— from The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument Revised Edition by Stanley William Lohman

slowly closed his eye and then

After about five years of it, one of them slowly closed his eye and then opened it again.
— from Do Unto Others by Mark Clifton

silence closed his eyes and to

[Pg 143] Once more he lapsed into silence, closed his eyes and to all intents and purposes fell asleep, for never another word did de Marmont get out of him, until Grenoble was reached and the rue Montorge.
— from The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

stretched closed his eyes again thinking

As day came he yawned, stretched, closed his eyes again, thinking that he might have another precious fifteen minutes, but, recalling his resolution, sprang to his feet and began to rub his eyes clear.
— from The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

Sherman closed her eyes again thinking

" Mrs. Sherman closed her eyes again, thinking gratefully, "Dear, faithful old Becky!
— from The Little Colonel by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

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