The sermon was over, and the service proceeding as usual, when suddenly a burst of sobs distracted the congregation, and Robert Barnes, the bluffest and burliest farmer in the whole property, was observed to be wiping his eyes with a red cotton handkerchief.
"North, South and Over the Sea"
M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)
The burliest Paladin that ever wore a beard was not more utterly fearless than he.
"Barren Honour: A Novel"
George A. Lawrence
It took the burliest of his comrades to transport the obstreperous one back to solid earth just as the train moved out.
"Roosevelt in the Bad Lands"
Hermann Hagedorn