The inspirations of Ophelia surpassed anything she had ever read in fiction.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House; Or, The Magic Garden by Hildegard G. Frey

He held her so for many seconds, and she knew that during those seconds his eyes remained immovably fixed upon her.
— from The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

In another moment my face had touched the face of my rival, I saw her eyes right in front of my own, I was transfused into her with a monstrous kiss.
— from The Republic of the Southern Cross, and other stories by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

It had been delivered by no less a person than Dr. Forsyth himself, who stopped his electric runabout in front of the old Corner House long enough to run in and set the pasteboard box on the sitting room table.
— from The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in by Grace Brooks Hill

“Walking up therefore to within thirty paces of him, till I could actually see his eyes rolling, I fired for the fourth time directly at the region of the heart, as I thought, but to my utter amazement up went his tail and down went his head, and with a speed that I thought him little capable of, he was upon me in a twinkling.
— from Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur-Traders by George Bird Grinnell

His wig was set on wrong side foremost; the ends of his clerical cravat floated wildly, a yard long at least over his shoulders; his eyes rolled in frenzy; he swooned at the sight of the coffin; recovered convulsively; placed Marle's hand in the hand of Miss Grace (telling him that now one daughter
— from Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Wilkie Collins

The ground was at first composed of a mixture of rock and clay, over which the sea had evidently rolled in former ages; but as we proceeded it became more loose and broken, till it changed into a soft shifting sand, into which our horses’ feet sank deep at every step they made.
— from Manco, the Peruvian Chief Or, An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas by William Henry Giles Kingston