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And still Burke thrashed him, his face grim and terrible and his eyes shot red and gleaming--as the eyes of a murderer In the end Kieff stumbled and pitched forward upon his knees, his arms sprawling helplessly out before him.— The Top of the World
I saw the greenish-gleaming, empty eye sockets of the skull.— The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales Including Stories by Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, Jörgen Wilhelm Bergsöe and Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Bitterly, 'This party never even knew who his proud parents were Is that'--gleaming--'is that true It's gospel Heaven be praised Eh?— Echoes of the War
In the very centre of the pikemen steel caps were gleaming, and broadswords rising and falling.— Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734
From all the windows the candles were gleaming, and it smelt so deliciously of roast goose, for you know it was New Year's Eve; yes, of that she thought In a corner formed by two houses, of which one advanced more than the other, she seated herself down and cowered together.— Andersen's Fairy Tales

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