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Burgundian yeomen, tall and active-looking men, ready mounted themselves, and holding two saddled horses — the one accoutred for war, the other a spirited jennet, for the purposes of the journey.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

This is the story that happy, active-looking old man in that pleasant place had written.

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

Usually they are led about by little watchers and attendants, and often there are small and active-looking creatures, small females usually, that I am inclined to think are a sort of wife to them; but some of the profounder scholars are altogether too great for locomotion, and are carried from place to place in a sort of sedan tub, wabbling jellies of knowledge that enlist my respectful astonishment.

First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006

He was well mounted on a light-built, active-looking chestnut horse.

Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812

Mr. Bennett here gave some special directions to one of his numerous clerks, a sharp, active-looking fellow, with a keen eye and an air like

The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

"Where?" said the foremost of those addressed, an active-looking man with a red moustache, a wet fur cap, and an umbrella under his arm.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

The first was an active-looking, compact, black horse, with a fierce, unsettled expression of eye, and several blemishes on his legs, while a chain attached from the wall to the post prevented the unwary stranger from approaching too close.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various

He saw a tall active-looking woman of about sixty.

A Murder Is Announced Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1950

An active-looking, slim, seamanlike young fellow advanced to them as they scrambled on the schooner's deck; and Eric appeared to recognise him.

Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes

As the wall was not very high, Alene idly wondered why such an active-looking girl should need assistance in scaling it.

Peggy-Alone Mary Agnes Byrne