The house was of heavy cypress, lifted up on pillars, grim, solid, and spiritless, its massive build a strong reminder of days still earlier, when every man had been his own peace officer and the insurrection of the blacks a daily contingency.

I One cold, rainy evening towards the end of October 1838, a man of athletic build wearing an old straw hat and ragged serge shirt and trousers dived into the City ward of Paris, a maze of dark, crooked streets which spreads from the Palace of Justice Notre Dame.

" "Can you give us any description of the deceased?" "I should say that these are the bones of an elderly man, probably over sixty years of age, about five feet eight and a half inches in height, of rather stout build, fairly muscular, and well preserved.

But at the recently concluded evening meal, feeling, no doubt, that after that painful scene in the larder there was nothing to be gained by further abstinence, he had rather let himself go and, as it were, made up leeway; and after really immersing himself in one of Anatole's dinners, a man of his sturdy build tends to lose elasticity a bit.

The one on the right was a well-muscled, large man with dark hair, weighing well over 200 pounds; the other was blond, of medium build.

"You're almost handsome now," he said, caressing me with a firm, kind hand, "and of a solid build, too.

Lurton Zimbardo was not physically imposing, but more than made up for his slight build with an immensely strong will and a decisive nature that was merciless whenever it served him.

" "Can you give us any description of the deceased?" "I should say that these are the bones of an elderly man, probably over sixty years of age, about five feet eight and a half inches in height, of rather stout build, fairly muscular, and well preserved.

Schiller recognized at once its power and geniality, but was disposed to regard it as a literary oddity, whose grotesque build and want of finish rather depreciated the rich cargo,at least, did not bring it handsomely into port.

Hrothgar builds, 10; Beowulf's experiences in, 13; Grendel's limb a trophy in, 15; Beowulf's triumphant return to, 18. HE'RAND.

This machine, of inferior build, suggested, it is true, a dubious way to that end

He was one of those men who have a leisurely build and a purely American desire for action; so that he was always hurrying and always puffing.

However staunch she may be, she is, it seems to me, of too light a build to face such tempests as now rage, even with the help of the tug.

The only exceptions are those qualities which are peculiar to the man, and which, in consequence, a mother cannot bestow on her child; these include the masculine build of the skeleton, breadth of shoulder, small hips, straight legs, strength of muscle, courage, beard, and so on.

A man of middle stature, usually of broad and powerful build, short-necked, with square head and narrow forehead, and with eyes that would be black, if it were not for the fire that flickers in them with a carbuncle-like intensity.

One of these roughs, a drunken, young fellow of wiry build, whose hair, face, eyes, nose, ears, and hands were all of the color of tomato-catchup, might have made an excellent low comedian, had destiny led him upon the "boards."

The number of vessels of native build in 1876 was 450,000, and in 1878 had reached 460,000.

It's harddesperately hard; and hardest of all for a man of my peculiar build.

Take Rubens, take Titian, take even Raffaelle, and you will see that their women were of robust build.

She took him in at a glancehis clean-cut, strangely attractive face, his slim build, the clear and steady gray of his eyes.

Sound builds; sound destroys; and invisible sound-vibrations affect concrete matter.

He was a man of medium height, of a spare build, and attired in faded, seedy black.

He was a man of middle height and squarish build, dark, pale-skinned and blue-eyed like his daughter Gwendolen.

It struck her that Max, never of stalwart build, looked paler and thinner than usual.

In place of the shaggy, soft-coated, ugly-coloured brute with large hound ears and big full eyes, we have now a very handsome creature, possessing all the points that go to make a really first-class terrier of taking colour, symmetrical build, full of character and "go," amply justifyingin looks, at any rateits existence as a terrier.