For the first time he realized that his disorientation had been caused by that crack on the head he had received when the ship crashed; his exploring fingers found a swollen rawness on his skull.
— from The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison

“Then, a thousand times, a blow,” she cried, her eyes flaming, “from you!”
— from Count Hannibal: A Romance of the Court of France by Stanley John Weyman

Manin had scarcely closed his eyes for five days
— from Builders of United Italy by Rupert Sargent Holland

she cried, her eyes flashing fiercely upon him.
— from The Day of Temptation by William Le Queux

Ready and sympathetic condolence has especially flowed from her to those bereaved like herself, and when President Lincoln perished at his post, the Queen sent to his widow a long letter which her son described as “the outgushing of a woman’s heartfelt sympathy,” and which, with rare and commendable good taste, has never been exposed to the public eye.
— from The Public Life of Queen Victoria by John McGilchrist

He had run up the terraces despite his great girdlestead and he stood before them like a hunted animal, breathing hard, looking from one to the other, a red, callous hand scratching in his shaggy chest, his eyes fixed first on Saddoc and then on Manahem and lastly on Jesus, whom he seemed to recognise as a friend.
— from The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story by George Moore

"Then, a thousand times, a blow," she cried, her eyes flaming, "from you!"
— from Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley John Weyman

His writing, together with his activity in the Zimmerwald movement of anti-war Socialists, caused his expulsion from France.
— from Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by John Spargo