look tenderly
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Through her teaching and her example my heart would--you look tenderly on me, Mellefont?
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
Thinking but to look tenderly at a house front he had veritably seen his lady—watched her with secret, unrestrained fondness.
From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon
And here, twenty-seven years after our parting, I have before me the medallion you gave me, and look tenderly on your dear features, my friend!
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
Perhaps this was not exactly as it should be; yet let us hope the angels look tenderly down on the sins of too much love.
From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Pierquin tried to look tenderly at his cousin, but the expression contrasted so strongly with his hard eyes, usually fixed on money, that Marguerite discovered the self-interest in his improvised tenderness.
From The Alkahest by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott