mild-eyed

I knew her only as the mild-eyed young female who made soft sounds and did not fight.

CHAPTER XI 2010

O Muse Calliope, daughter of Zeus, begin to sing of glowing Helios whom mild-eyed Euryphaessa, the far-shining one, bare to the Son of

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

Would the mild-eyed, sweet Saviour, who had forgiven so many women, who had saved from a cruel death the woman taken in adultery, who had been so gracious to the Samaritan woman at the well — would He turn from her the graciousness of His dear eyes, and bid her go out for ever from among the faithful?

Nina Balatka 2004

And by and by he spoke of something else more wonderful even than the promise of a blow-pipe, with arrows galore, and this was that young sister of his, whose name was Oalava, a maid of about sixteen, shy and silent and mild-eyed, rather lean and dirty; not ugly, nor yet prepossessing.

Green Mansions 2004

No; she must be an outcast from all religions, a Pariah, one devoted absolutely to the everlasting torments which lie beyond Purgatory — unless, indeed, unless that mild-eyed Saviour would be content to take her faith and her acts of hidden worship, despite her aunt, despite that odious nun, and despite the very priest himself!

Nina Balatka 2004

Then he was gay as a lark carolling from its skiey tower, soaring in thought as an eagle, innocent as the mild-eyed dove.

The Last Man 2003

His brother-in-law, mild-eyed Thomas Buford, was the carver of Marina's cradle and a maker of every sort of furniture, following the Aesthetic edict that things of utility should also be beautiful.

The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

"You merely wish to open her eyes, Mr Grey," said the mild-eyed lawyer.

Can You Forgive Her? 1993

He had been startled at the precision with which all the circumstances of his daughter's position had been explained to a mild-eyed old gentleman, with a bald head, who carried on his business in a narrow, dark, clean street, behind Doctors 'Commons.

Can You Forgive Her? 1993

Wallace in his high collar, mild-eyed beneath the steel spectacles;

The Murder Room James, P. D. 1988