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In the half light his eyes glittered febrilely, his body gripped by a fierce tension.
Passionate Relationship Jordan, Penny 1997
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He paused in the doorway to her office, his eyes glittering febrilely as they refused to let her look away.
Desire for Revenge Jordan, Penny 1997
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Its author, Stephen Crane (18711900), was a genius who admired Tolstoy and who somewhat febrilely aimed at absolute truthfulness.
Chapter 10. Reaction and Progress. Section 2. Toward the Left: Naturalism 1921
bilby commented on the word febrilely
"Late in 1895 appeared a striking novel, The Red Badge of Courage, which definitely belonged to the new fiction. Its author, Stephen Crane (1871–1900), was a genius who admired Tolstoy and who somewhat febrilely aimed at absolute truthfulness."
- Carl Van Doren, 'The American Novel'.
September 20, 2009