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As if to her wish, Hob Miller arrived on his strong-built mare, bearing on a pillion behind him the lovely Mysie, with cheeks like a peony-rose,

The Monastery 2008

The other contained the invalid, of whom Sir Kenneth had spoken, a strong-built and harsh-featured man, past, as his looks betokened, the middle age of life.

The Talisman 2008

The individual whom I supposed to be a Radical, after a short pause, again uplifted his voice; he was rather a strong-built fellow of about thirty, with an ill-favoured countenance, a white hat on his head, a snuff-coloured coat on his back, and when he was not speaking, a pipe in his mouth.

Lavengro 2004

The door accordingly was opened; and the hermit, a large, strong-built man, in his sackcloth gown and hood, girt with a rope of rushes, stood before the knight.

Ivanhoe 2004

God wot how the levite belaboured him, hiding within the long sleeve of his canonical shirt his huge steel gauntlet lined with ermine; for he was a strong-built ball, and an old dog at fisticuffs.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

God wot how the levite belaboured him, hiding within the long sleeve of his canonical shirt his huge steel gauntlet lined with ermine; for he was a strong-built ball, and an old dog at fisticuffs.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

He was an Englishman, a veritable cockney, about nineteen or twenty years of age, a strong-built and rather good - looking young man.

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper

He has clearly-cut and rather _prononcé_ features, a strong-built, well made figure, a long moustache, close-shaven cheeks, and eyes that are rather deep-set, and are, when you are near enough to see them well, of a deep blue-gray.

Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron

'For my part, I like well-made, strong-built figures more than such thin ones,' said Nancy.

Sarah's School Friend May Baldwin

He was tall, strong-built, his deep, broad chest suggesting powerful energy.

The Last Shot Frederick Palmer 1915