Another of the higher type of men who came a-courting Betty was a statesman of almost equal fame-a little fellow, scarce five feet four inches tall and slight of build, whose strikingly handsome face was lighted by enormous black eyes almost snake-like in their mesmeric power-particularly over women.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
And across the gap of years came memories of his mesmeric eyes, his wonderful voice-the eyes and voice no woman could resist-the inspired manner of his love-making.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
It was something to have the homage of even such subjects as these, and Ethelyn's heart grew softer as the pain gradually subsided beneath Eunice's mesmeric touch, so that she answered graciously the questions propounded by her as to whether that sack, or great-coat, or whatever it was called, which she wore around her, was the very last style, how much it took to cut it, and if Miss Markham had the pattern.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes