However, there was nothing of the robustious, shiver-my-timbers, conventional sailor about him; his manner was somewhat reserved; he had a touch of gravity beyond his years; perhaps he had acquired it through being put at an early age in command of so many men; but it never forsook him-not even in the ward-room, among his brother officers.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
The number of robustious footmen and retainers of all kinds bustling about, with looks of infinite gravity and importance, to do almost nothing.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
To me she looks kindly and not a bit unintelligent, a rather fine specimen of the robustious modern young woman.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick