"Battle royal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the right of free speech, he having just a bowing acquaintance with the language in dispute, though, to be sure, rather in a quandary over voglio, remarked to his protege in an audible tone of voice a propos of the battle royal in the street which was still raging ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... but determined, and for a moment it looked as though a battle royal were to be fought on the spot, both men strong, lean, rigid, hard as iron, and quick as steel; Allan angry, careful, furious; Jim calm, confident, and still smiling. But Harris rushed between them and seized ...
— The Homesteaders - A Novel of the Canadian West • Robert J. C. Stead
... showed the brownish whites of his eyes in his effort to watch the intruder. Those that got the softer parts to feed on were well fed. But the three that did not turned all then energies on the frame of the Gobbler, and over that there waged a battle royal. This way and that they tugged and tussled, getting off occasional scraps, but really hindering each other feeding, till Tito glided in and deftly cut the Turkey into three or four, when each dashed off with a prize, over ...
— Johnny Bear - And Other Stories From Lives of the Hunted • E. T. Seton |
