comes to me to-day , when from the street-window I looklookon the slow stream of human life creepingcreeppast , night and morning , to the great mills .
Following the Reverend Mr. Kronborg along the narrow walk , past the little dark , sleeping houses , the doctor lookedlookup at the flashingflashnight and whistledwhistlesoftly .
When she lookedlookfor Emil , she foundfindhim sitting on a step of the staircase that led up to the clothing and carpet department .
His little blacking-box was ready for use , and he lookedlooksharply in the faces of all who passedpass, addressingaddresseach with , " Shine yer boots , sir ? "
" God , " saidsaythe dying man , pointingpointhis finger , with a ghastly looklook, at the undismayed countenance of his enemy , -- " God will give him blood to drink ! "
She did not seem afraid , and her grave , steadfast eyes lookedlookstraight ahead .
Either the well was very deep , or she fell very slowly , for she had plenty of time as she wentgodown to looklookabout her and to wonderwonderwhat was going to happen next .
Grospierre was a bit drunk , but he thought himself very clever ; he lookedlookinto the casks -- most of them , at least -- and saw they were empty , and letletthe cart gogothrough . ā
The kidnapper undidundothe bloody wrappings and lookedlookat his lacerated hand .
( when she thoughtthinkit over afterwards , it occurredoccurto her that she ought to have wondered at this , but at the time it all seemed quite natural ) ; but when the Rabbit actually TOOKtakeA WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET , and lookedlookat it , and then hurriedhurryon , Alice startedstartto her feet , for it flashedflashacross her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket , or a watch to take out of it , and burning with curiosity , she ranrunacross the field after it , and fortunately was just in time to seeseeit poppopdown a large rabbit-hole under the hedge .
And Beth lookedlookat her rough hands with a sighsighthat any one could hear that time .
As the painter lookedlookat the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art , a smilesmileof pleasure passed across his face , and seemed about to linger there .
And two little old ladies , who were sitting further up the table , with shawls hanging over the backs of the chairs , lookedlookback , clearly indicating ā We are not ; we are genteel . ā
Then he stood before the firefireand lookedlookme over in his singular introspective fashion .
While Newton wentgo( not without a muttered grumblinggrumble) to undo the shawls , which had already been exhibitedexhibitfour or five times that day , Margaret lookedlookround upon the nursery ; the first room in that house with which she had become familiarfamiliarnine years ago , when she was broughtbring, all untamed from the forest , to share the home , the play , and the lessons of her cousin Edith .
The old horse snortedsnortand lookedlookeagerly after them , and we young colts wantedwantto be galloping with them , but they were soon awayawayinto the fields lower down ; here it seemed as if they had come to a stand ; the dogs leftleaveoff barkingbark, and ranrunabout every way with their noses to the ground .
But in the western or black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamedstreamupon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes , was ghastly in the extreme , and produced so wild a looklookupon the countenances of those who enteredenter, that there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all .
Two ladies , whom Philip did not know , were callingcall, and they lookedlookat him curiously .
A moment their eyes lookedlookdeep into each other 's -- a timid , startled gleam in hers ; a wonder in his .
He and his wife , the old lady who had receivedreceiveme , lookedlookat each other in a frightened sort of way .
As I lookedlookat him I could not help thinkingthinkwhat a curious contrast my little dried-up self presented to his grand face and form .
He lookedlookin vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week , on market days , and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasurepleasurewhen he recognizedrecognizethe red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy , the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish , and told him weird tales of witchcraft and conjuration , in the old days when , as an idle boy , he had loafed about the market-house .
I lookedlookupon the scene before me -- upon the mere house , and the simple landscape features of the domain -- upon the bleak walls -- upon the vacant eye-like windows -- upon a few rank sedges -- and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees -- with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium -- the bitter lapse into everyday life -- the hideous dropping off of the veil .
ā I do nāt quite understand , ā saidsayI , lookinglookfrom one to the other , for I dislike mysteries .