His courtesy of manner rang a little false and Stephen looked at the English convert with the same eyes as the elder brother in the parable may have turned on the prodigal.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

he said, looking at the empty corner where she had sat—“She will come to herself and weep, and then her mother will find out....
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

But he found that the enemy had completely surrounded the town and were vigorously pressing on the attack; and he concluded on reflection that the siege could bring him neither credit nor security so long as the enemy commanded land as well as sea.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Mr. Stone looked at the empty cup.
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

I was on the point of giving it up, when, with a sharper look at the enchanted castle, I saw a thin thread of smoke, to inform me that it could not exclusively be harbouring hobgoblins.
— from L'Arrabiata and Other Tales by Paul Heyse

Then he wearied of this jealousy: then he broke away from it; then came, no doubt, complaints and recriminations; then, perhaps, promises of amendment not fulfilled; then upbraidings not the more pleasant because they were silent, and only sad looks and tearful eyes conveyed them.
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray

ye ken what it was tae us baith," and she looked at the empty cot opposite, "when ye used tae sit here, and he was lyin' there--but oh!
— from The Starling: A Scottish Story by Norman Macleod

Monsignor Saracinesca looked at the envelope curiously, took it from Madame Bernard and examined the stamped date.
— from The White Sister by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

When we speak of colour proper, we speak of an effect which is produced by the decomposition of light, and which, so long as the eye can discharge its function, is complete, whatever the quantity, or the incidence, of light upon the object said to have colour may happen to be.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer. by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

But while the improvement of the aristocracy in general, since mediæval times, in learning and accomplishments, was having its untold effect on the middle classes, it was long before the immense body of workers, or perhaps one should say skilled labourers, as the economists call them, partook in any degree of the [Pg 237] general amendment.
— from Dickens' London by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield