character-cruel

Updated: April 30, 2025

Purcel in a most able and effective manner, hearing a low, cautious noise in the back part of the house, went to reconnoitre, just in time to grapple with the leader of these villains a most desperate and ferocious character-cruel, fearless, and of immense personal strength.

William Carleton - The Tithe-Proctor: The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two