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I expect we shall have a dangerous tussle, for they are not the class of men to give in quietly CHAPTER V.--A VALUABLE FIND IN THE TEMPLE OF ATLAS It's what I call a tall order, Burton," exclaimed Tom Ellison, who, with the Doctor, had been listening to the police officer's plan to raid the Cave of Hydas I am glad you turned up before eight o'clock, Burton, for it would be difficult to enter the cave and find our way about without your guidance.— Adventures in Many Lands
You see him now--tall, straight, and meagre, but with a grim dignity in his air which warms into benignity as he inspects a pretty little clean Elzevir, or a tall portly Stephens, concluding his inward estimate of the prize with a peculiar grunting chuckle, known by the initiated to be an important announcement.— The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
He is a man with a presence--tall, and a little portly, with a handsome pleasant countenance looking hospitality and kindliness towards friends, and a quiet but not easily solvable reserve towards the rest of the world.— The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
It was the face and figure of a man--tall, gaunt and worn Now, good reader, as Lumley said (without very good authority!)— The Big Otter
Yes--tall, surely,--a brunette, too, like most of those Russians.— High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn

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