look coldly upon
Example Sentences
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She wipes her eyes, and, with a look of commiseration, turns from the man whose business it is to look coldly upon unfortunate dead men.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
Did I not mock you and scorn you and look coldly upon you?
From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames
My own carelessness is always to blame," said Brian, with a heavy sigh, "and I don't wonder that you look coldly upon me, Dino, when I seem to have done you such an unfriendly turn.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
They are passionately devoted to each other, but as a rule look coldly upon the stranger.
From An Isle in the Water by Tynan, Katharine
And if it be so, how is it that we Christians have learned to look coldly upon the effigies of those who sowed the seed of the harvest which we have reaped?—Sanguis martyrum semen Christianorum!
From Literary and General Lectures and Essays by Kingsley, Charles
