On the earth mine eyes were cast; Swift and keen there came unto me Ritter memories of the past On me, like the rain in Autumn On the dead leaves, cold and fast.

Its roar and clamour, the strife of tongues and keen measuring of wits had been the salt of his life.

Restrain also the keen fury of my heart which provokes me to tread the ways of blood-curdling strife.

There was snow, or sleet, or rain almost every day for weeks, changing only for keen driving winds or sharp frosts.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen , but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.

His position gave him a bird's-eye view of the field of battle, and his keen eyesight picked out many details that would not have been apparent to a man whose every sense was not trained to the highest point of perfection as were the ape-man's.

Sometimes the beasts separated to follow their own inclinations for an hour or a day, and it was upon one of these occasions when the ape-man had wandered through the tree-tops toward the beach, and was stretched in the hot sun upon the sand, that from the low summit of a near-by promontory a pair of keen eyes discovered him.

Binu Charley took the lead as they pushed on, and trap after trap yielded its secret lurking-place to his keen scrutiny.

Alexander, annoyed by Mainhall's sighs and exclamations, watched her with keen , half-skeptical interest.

He did so without haste - with a certain deliberation, in fact - yet his eyes were suddenly bright and keen . He was neatly dressed, with the quiet precision which seems as a rule to characterise the travelling American.

He was a man of a practical turn of mind, keen in his dealings and skilful with his hands.