The Polish peasants are extremely ignorant, if possible even more so than the same class in Russia proper; but they are a fine-looking race, strongly built, tall, active, and well-formed.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
That is extremely striking.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
"I told you that your situation is extremely difficult," Linde said.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz