Dodging Leo, who gave each a heavy blow as he passed, the two villains rushed out into the hallway.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
If I knew that the men I dislike would stand it peaceable, like the villains in a show, I'd beat 'm all to death; but as it is, I am a coward, like Ponsonboy, and you, and Armsby, and all the rest of them; except Allan Dorris-there's a man who'd fight.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
Consider the literature of the middle ages and note how seldom the troubles of the serfs and villains were expressed by the poets.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell