Word: eying
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doth she cry, with downcast eye...
Gleams in the eye of dawn afar...
...Uncle Luther's eye at once rested on them. "These, then, are the painted Jezebels of the stage; I will examine them." Slowly he looked at the dozen or more, lingering long over Neilson and Fanny Davenport. He did n't say a word; but, knowing that in a moment I should be verbally castigated within an inch of my life, I decided to ???y, at least for an hour, till I could brace myself against the approaching storm. While the bell was ringing I said, "My dear Uncle Luther, I must go to a recitation now, will be back...
...success that has attended it, the good result fully justifies this change. Of course it is necessary that the places should be decided as early as possible, for the day of the race is not very far off, and there is little time left for experimenting. But the careful eye of our coach and of Mr. Watson already detect an improvement in the stroke, and greater uniformity throughout the boat. The slight awkwardness that was apparent at first, owing to the change from starboard to port of two of the men, has almost entirely worn off, and the prospects...
...water, give to the whole place an air of bustle and activity; while the single sculls and the eights, going up and down the Charles, indicate the strong interest taken in the approaching class races; and this occasion is none too far off, for to a trained eye individual members of all the crews yet have much to learn and unlearn...