look tenderly

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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

She was serving him at last; she could dare look tenderly at him when he was asleep—and she did.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

"What are you thinking of?" asks Dorian, presently, bending to look tenderly into her downcast eyes.

From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess

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

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