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At their head loomed a burly black-whiskered creature with a revolver in each hand—the malignant Schwandorf himself.
THE PATHLESS TRAILARTHUR O. (ARTHUR OLNEY) FRIEL
As for my uncle, he did but hum a burly bass to the tune of the "Little wee wife."
MARGERY [GRED], COMPLETEGEORG EBERS
"Take that burly housebreaker, bind him, and put him to the test," were the instructions they received.
THE MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONSJAMES GRANT
As the fisherman drew back into the shadow the Italian disappeared to return a moment later shoving a burly figure before him.
EL DIABLOBRAYTON NORTON
Then the burly fellow turned suddenly to Martin: "Here, you son of a dandy!"
QUINTUS OAKESCHARLES ROSS JACKSON
Then with a lunge he drove the knife into Gulden's burly neck.
THE BORDER LEGIONZANE GREY
Perhaps his mind reverted to the burly incumbent of Reay as he penned the note.
LITERARY TOURS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLANDDANIEL TURNER HOLMES
I called him, and he came in barefoot, his broad, burly frame seeming to fill up all the little room.
THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMAHESBA STRETTON
Old, burly, beef-crunching wine-bibbers climbed up on their chargers and went through incredible troubles and dangers—for what?
THE CROW'S NESTCLARENCE DAY, JR.
His burly figure upon the sands at Eastbourne used to be very familiar to me in my boyhood.
STORY OF MY LIFE, VOLUMES 1-3AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE

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