strong-browed

Updated: June 27, 2025

So that when Lord Findon fell into a discussion with the Ambassador of Irving's Hamlet and Othello, then among the leading topics of London when the foreigner politely but emphatically disparaged the English actor and Lord Findon with zeal defended him who should break into the august debate but this strong-browed, black-eyed fellow, from no one knew where, whose lack of some of the smaller conventions had already been noticed by a few of the company.

Mrs. Humphry Ward - Fenwick's Career