quick-glancing

Phoebus Apollo, and Artemis who delights in arrows, and Poseidon the earth-holder who shakes the earth, and reverend Themis and quick-glancing 68 Aphrodite, and

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

His mind was quick-glancing, like his eyes when he was animated, and he carried the

The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand

He was of medium height, slightly built, of a nervous temperament, with bright, quick-glancing eyes, and vehement gestures.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Various

Lady Wilde sat enthroned behind the tea-table looking like a sort of female Buddha swathed in wraps -- a large woman with a heavy face and prominent nose; very like Oscar indeed, with the same sallow skin which always looked dirty; her eyes too were her redeeming feature -- vivacious and quick-glancing as a girl's.

Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions Harris, Frank 1910

It was not long before her quick-glancing eyes beheld Sir Amys lying under a tree by the side of a stream, but in her guile she took no heed of him, but turned away and entered a little wood.

The Red Romance Book Andrew Lang 1900

On the other hand, neither she nor Bert, nor any other at the table, knew that Dick's quick-glancing eyes, sparkling with merriment while his lips chaffed absurdities that made them all laugh, had missed no portion of the side play.

The Little Lady of the Big House Jack London 1896

He reined in Black Boy with a firm hand, and the ruffled black sides worked like bellows, and the angry black head jerked restively, and the quick-glancing eyes looked troubled and vicious.

Carette of Sark John Oxenham 1896

His quick-glancing eyes were at once cold and kind, but the kindness had something terrifying in it, like the politeness of an executioner.

Through the Wall Cleveland Moffett 1894

Mr. Evringham's paper hid a face which suddenly contorted, but the housekeeper's quick-glancing eyes could not see a telltale motion.

Jewel Clara Louise Burnham 1890

Her eyes were brown, too -- bright, quick-glancing eyes full of interest and curiosity.

The Love Affairs of Pixie George de Horne Vaizey 1887