And, behind this raging battle, Duke Beltane rode at the head of his reserves, keen-eyed and watchful, what time Sir Jocelyn was hotly engaged upon the left, nigh unto the town itself.

Duveen had brought three or four keen-eyed, nervous business men, a rather imposing lady, and Ruth, and they got on board a local train soon after Lister arrived.

Some bushes and a tangle of creeping vines hid the entrance most admirably; but, after we were once inside, I questioned to myself whether we had not been reckless in coming directly to this place without taking precautions to cover our footprints, for, should a keen-eyed savage chance to see our trail, there was good reason for believing he would follow it up.

Full well he knew that he would ne'er return again How vehement and how beautiful they swept The Grey of Macha and the Black most bold And keen-eyed Laegh, the watchful and adept, Nor turn'd, nor spake, as on the chariot roll'd The steeds he urged with his red goad of gold

He had a companion with him, a keen-eyed, shrewd-faced fellow, evidently a local officer.

It was a sinister but powerful face, the face of a debauched hero, clean-shaven, strongly eye-browed, keen-eyed, with huge, aggressive jaw, and an animal dewlap beneath it.

The keen-eyed King, with intuition, knew The motive of his speech,"Our knight, Sanpeur, But contradicts your verdict, Torm, and proves That which the great King Arthur taught,the man Is strongest who can claim a strength divine From whence to draw his own."

But I think too, that joy doth joy enhance As often as an added grief brings low; And if keen-eyed to see the flowers that grow, As keen of nerve to feel the thorns that lance The foot that must walk naked in one way Blest by the lily, white from toils and fears, Oftener than wounded by the thistle-spears, We should walk upright, bold, and earnest-gay.

Our passengers, certainly, were neither so numerous nor so agreeable as when going out; and the most notable personage among them was a keen-eyed, strong-jawed little Corsican, who had been lately hiredso ran his storyby the coloured insurgents of Hayti, to put down the Presidentalias (as usual in such Republics) TyrantSalnave.

The keen-eyed, desperate man before him was a different being altogether from the groveling wretch who had begged so piteously for life a few minutes before.

Occasional words and acts by which she manifested this feeling were noticed and resented by her keen-eyed and sensitive colored neighbors.

Hedges wherein the birds can hide their nests are few and far between in the wall country, so the keen-eyed rook spies out many a nest in the spring of the year.

He had once seen Culver Rann, a quiet, keen-eyed, immaculately groomed man of fortythe cleverest scoundrel that had ever drifted into the Canadian west.

She pointed simply to the picture of a keen-eyed soldier over the fireplace, a brave, lovable face.

Donahue the keen-eyed, Donahue the guilelesslooking in his evening clothes for all the world like a prosperous diner-out.

" Donahue, the keen-eyed, balancing, as was his wont, from toe to heel and back again, his chin thrust out inquiringly, surveyed the pair.

The guest of honor was a brother lawyerthough he might have refused to acknowledge the relationship with the ex-district attorneya keen-eyed, business-like gentleman, whose name as an organizer of vast capitalistic ventures had traveled far, and whose present attitude was one of undisguised and angry contempt for Gaston and all things Gastonian.

Oft Castor on broad shield and plumèd helm Lit, and oft keen-eyed Lynceus pierced his shield, Or grazed his crest of crimson.

A moment later, the team coming up proved to be a freshly painted runabout, drawn by a fine bay horse in trim harness, driven by the average stable boy; while beside him sat a smooth-faced, keen-eyed man, rather under middle age, dressed in a spotless light suit, tan shoes, lilac shirt, opalesque tie, finished above by a Panama hat pinched into many dimples.

And oh, how slow that keen-eyed star Has tracked the chilly grey!

" Obviously the keen-eyed missionary here had in mind the distinction between sentimentality and sentiment.

As I turned to sit down I had impressed on my memory forever that sea of smiling, clean-shaven, keen-eyed, wave on wave of French faces, all so young and so gay yet whose eyes had looked on things which will make a new France.

This type we find described in old Gaelic records as the Firbolgs, a race weak and furtive, dusky and keen-eyed, subjected by later races of greater force.

So went Sreng, careful and keen-eyed, up the stream of the Blackwater, and thence to the Erne, and so drew near to the Plain of the Headland, where was the De Danaan camp.

Five keen-eyed girls did nothing but draw the threads for deshalados, and so elaborate was the open-work that the wonder was the bride did not have bands and stripes of rheumatism.