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1  I could not take my eyes off the man in the bed.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
2  I remembered what the conductor had said about her eyes.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
3  His eyes were melancholy, and were set back deep under his brow.
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4  I gave her the word, but she was not satisfied and pointed to my eyes.
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5  Her face was alert and lively, with a sharp chin and shrewd little eyes.
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6  She looked at me, her eyes fairly blazing with things she could not say.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
7  She clapped her hands and murmured, 'Blue sky, blue eyes,' as if it amused her.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
8  During the auction he went about with his head down, and never lifted his eyes.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
9  His eyes followed Peter about the room with a contemptuous, unfriendly expression.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
10  She pointed to her own eyes and shook her head, then to mine and to the sky, nodding violently.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
11  She held him close to her ear and laughed, but a moment afterward I saw there were tears in her eyes.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
12  Grandfather's eyes were not at all like those of an old man; they were bright blue, and had a fresh, frosty sparkle.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
13  Antonia and I sat erect, but I held the reins clumsily, and my eyes were blinded by the wind a good deal of the time.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
14  His hazel eyes were little and shrewd, like his mother's, but more sly and suspicious; they fairly snapped at the food.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
15  She had been crying, I could see, but when I opened my eyes she smiled, peered at me anxiously, and sat down on the foot of my bed.
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16  She pointed up to the sky, then to my eyes, then back to the sky, with movements so quick and impulsive that she distracted me, and I had no idea what she wanted.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
17  I remember one funny story about himself that made grandmother, who was working her bread on the bread-board, laugh until she wiped her eyes with her bare arm, her hands being floury.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
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