keep eyes open
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Sometimes there is a feeling as if a nail was being driven into the head; head is too big; eyes feel heavy and the lids droop; sees double; hard to keep eyes open.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Make Caesar keep eyes open so dat couldn’t go to sleep again for long time.
From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Harold Piffard
Finally, however, each one could brag of being able to keep eyes open if but for a few seconds while swimming under water.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
I felt I was in constant danger, but could do nothing else but go on and keep eyes open trusting to circumstances to get out of any sudden emergency that might arise.
From Death Valley in '49 by William Lewis Manly
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