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  • He had not previously met M. Deleben, and found him amiable enough, a rotund, black-visaged little man.

    Ruined City Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

  • His chamber adjoined that of Fanny; he had been aroused from his slumbers by her piercing scream; instantly leaping from his bed, he rushed into the young lady's apartment, and saw a tall, black-visaged ruffian standing over her apparently insensible form, in the act of dragging her from the couch.

    Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life George Thompson

  • Harriet Westbrook was the daughter of a black-visaged keeper of a coffee-house in Mount Street, called "Jew Westbrook," partly because of his complexion, and partly because of his ability to retain what he had made.

    Famous Affinities of History — Volume 4 Lyndon Orr

  • The lumbering figure of the black-visaged Marquis at one side of the table talking at large to the House, but with his eye fixed on

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 25, 1891 Various

  • Harriet Westbrook was the daughter of a black-visaged keeper of a coffee-house in Mount Street, called "Jew Westbrook," partly because of his complexion, and partly because of his ability to retain what he had made.

    Famous Affinities of History — Complete Lyndon Orr

  • Anson, thinner and scalier and more snakelike than ever, was dealing a greasy, dirty deck of cards, his opponent being the square-shaped, black-visaged Moze.

    The Man of the Forest 1919

  • The old general, black-visaged, bullet-headed, with a bristly mustache like a French bull -- terrier, sat utterly silent, eating steadily and fiercely.

    Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

  • The black-visaged Moze rolled his eyes like a mad bull and Jim Wilson studiously examined a stick he held in his hands.

    The Man of the Forest 1919

  • "Fire feels good," said the burly Moze, who appeared as broad as he was black-visaged.

    The Man of the Forest 1919

  • "I 'gad," said he, "I remember perfectly, in the old days, when you were betrothed to that black-visaged young parson --"

    Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918

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