look tenderly

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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

But, no, thy beautiful eyes look tenderly upon me; and thou wouldst not let me hold this little soft, warm hand, and imprison it within mine, if thou didst hate me.

From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various

No doubt was entertained but that the Pope would grant the necessary dispensation, for the spiritual head of Christendom was apt to look tenderly on the petitions of the powerful princes of this world.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Those who look tenderly at the slave-owner, and with a cold heart at the slave, never seem to put themselves into the position of the latter.

From Life of Charles Darwin by Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas)