A pious, faithful soul closed her eyes for ever; she was the pastor's wife.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

And there were times in the evenings when she was upstairs, perhaps, and everybody else was down, when she could hardly escape from them.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Joe Sloane caught her eye, felt responsible from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet, but stuttered out wildly, “N . . .
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

scandō , climb scandere -scendī -scēnsus Compounds have e for a throughout: as, dē-scendō , dē-scendere , &c. vorrō , verrō , sweep vorrere , verrere -vorrī , -verrī vorsus , versus vortō , vertō , turn vortere , vertere vortī , vertī vorsus , versus 951.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

—Meanwhile the efforts of Salazar at the Spanish court had effected further important changes for the Islands.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

Mr. Snagsby casts his eye forlornly round the bar, gives Messrs. Weevle and Guppy good morning, assures them of the satisfaction with which he sees them uninjured, and accompanies Mrs. Snagsby from the Sol's Arms.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

"I'll marry Joe Dauntless now if it has to be delayed a hundred years," she cried, her eyes flashing.
— from The Flyers by George Barr McCutcheon

“It’s true, cap’n,” said Caleb, his eyes fastened on the captain’s face.
— from Caleb West, Master Diver by Francis Hopkinson Smith

Selingman continued, his eyes fixed upon the ceiling.
— from The Double Traitor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

she cried, her eyes fairly sparkling fire.
— from Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City: His Progress and Adventures by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

"Oh, how could you, Zeke!" she cried, her eyes filling with tears.
— from Mildred at Home: With Something About Her Relatives and Friends. by Martha Finley

Ah, yes," she continued, her eyes flashing with excitement, "he had not forgotten me, though I saw him only one night, and they would not let me go to him next day; and I never saw him again till the panther was killed, and then I dare not look at him."
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 1 of 3) by Meadows Taylor

She closed her eyes for a moment, she felt dizzy; there was a buzzing in her ears.
— from The Son of His Mother by Clara Viebig

By this bridle-path, it is whispered, a vast smuggled commerce has ever found passage to the mainland, and scarce a boatman or passenger lands at Algeciras from Gibraltar but carries somewhere on his person as much tobacco as he may hope to conceal with safety.
— from In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman