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He was a quiet-faced, slender man, not like his companion, who had roped Murdock from behind and was of the bully breed, able to subdue Ross's wildcat resistance in a very short struggle.

The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958

He stood up to the bar, between the jailors that clustered about him, a quiet-faced, pale, and somewhat sad-looking man, apparently of about forty years of age.

Speeches from the Dock, Part I Various

But when they entered the room in which sat the British general who was responsible for the retreat, as they guessed, they saw a quiet-faced man with smiling eyes, who listened attentively to the reports of the officers who were constantly hurrying up to him, spoke a word or two in answer, and turned, imperturbably, to the next comer.

The Boy Scouts on the Trail George Durston

He distrusted that quiet-faced, thoughtful, and laborious young man, whom they so loved and reverenced -- the founder, the soul, and the centre of their party.

Speeches from the Dock, Part I Various

Boarder, a pleasant-voiced, quiet-faced man with a look of kindliness about his eyes and mouth, made his entrance into the family circle.

Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

Even when he had wooed her in Granite City, Missouri, and she had sung down at the quiet-faced youth from a choir loft, she was after the then prevalent form of hourglass girlish loveliness.

Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928

Then, one day, a Chinaman he had insulted gave him an unexpected shove, and he had managed to save himself by a foot from the clutch of a quiet-faced man in plain clothes who spent a certain amount of time lounging on the other side of the border.

Dangerous Days Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

The big, quiet-faced woman, who had never had a lover and on whom no man had ever looked with admiration, seemed to the casual observer cold and uncompromising.

Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod James A. Cooper 1917

And perhaps because there are sounds to which no man can listen unmoved, the quiet-faced doctor drew out his hypodermic syringe.

No Man's Land 1912

There was a rough bar across one end, behind which stood a quiet-faced man with a black mustache.

Still Jim Honor�� Morrow 1910