quizzing-glass

Since he could not turn his head because of the height of his collar, Hugo turned from the waist, his quizzing-glass before his eye.

The Outrageous Dowager Westleigh, Sarah 1996

A respectable knightly neighborhood, but not nearly imposing enough to house one who sported an emerald quizzing-glass.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

"Do give me your emerald quizzing-glass, Censorinus!"

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Once I dropped an emerald quizzing-glass down a drain because it had no value to me.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

And is sporting a quizzing-glass made from a single flawless emerald — the sort of gem he could never have afforded to buy, even if he does have enough money for the senatorial census.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

No sooner had I perused it through my quizzing-glass, which, I confess, that I had brought with me more for ornament than use -- having eyes like a hawk -- than I pathetically exclaimed to Lucy -- 'Behold, my love, the history of our fates!'

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 Various

Her eyes grew big as she gazed; but at last she drew a long breath, and put down the quizzing-glass with an effect of self-denial.

The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

They were in the habit, it seems, of changing it from one to another, as if it had been a pair of spectacles or -- which would have suited them better -- a quizzing-glass.

Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

Over by the window his Grace, his breath recovered, was eyeing Andrew through his quizzing-glass.

The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

He half turned in his chair and levelled his quizzing-glass at Mr. Chilter.

The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921