Go and round one up, Strapper; and leave me here alone to wrestle with his poor blinded soul.
— from The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet by Bernard Shaw
Round his waist he wore a wide leather belt, from which, on his right side, protruded the glittering butt of a revolver of unusual size and length of barrel.
— from Pole Baker: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
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