At last the lady begun a Bravura upon such a high note, and so powerful, that some impudent fellows in the square, who were passing at the moment, sang out 'Vari-e-ty' in reply.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
Don, who seemed to know everybody, presented the great Severus Regali himself, a vast man ponderously moustached and endowed with a mighty voice and the fierce bearing of a Bellino; a figure in Bravura with the heart of a child.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
The lurcher, that had kept silent during the stormy interview between Bet and her rustic admirer, now broke out in a fresh Bravura of baying.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid