"Fisticuff" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... patience ought to extend—and, it is probable, that had he not been a legal functionary, a battle would have ensued "then and there." But it was beneath the dignity thus outraged, to avenge itself by a vulgar fisticuff, and A—— bethought him of a much better and more honorable course. He threw his coat across his arm, and marched home. There he took down his new docket, and upon the first page, recorded the case of the "People ...
— Western Characters - or Types of Border Life in the Western States • J. L. McConnel
... Lurgan, the blacksmith's son, who had the better of me four times before we came to the crowning fight, when I overcame him; and I could mention a score more of my deeds of prowess in that way, but that fisticuff facts are dull subjects to talk of, and to discuss ...
— Barry Lyndon • William Makepeace Thackeray
... pride of each country. Ireland and Scotland were about to set to; Erin was going to fisticuff Gajothel. So that the bets amounted to over forty thousand guineas, ...
— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo
... "And have a fisticuff which would appear in every newspaper in the world? No, thank you. There is enough scandalous stuff being printed as it is, and I am ...
— The Place of Honeymoons • Harold MacGrath
... bayonet, but my better judgment recalled me before actual contact could take place. Of course Terrill reported me for this, and my ire was so inflamed by his action that when we next met I attacked him, and a fisticuff engagement in front of barracks followed, which was stopped by an officer appearing on the scene. Each of us handed in an explanation, but mine was unsatisfactory to the authorities, for I had to admit that I was the assaulting party, and the result was that I was suspended ...
— The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete • General Philip Henry Sheridan
... coming on with a rush. "What's the rumpus about? Ha! a fisticuff fight, with odds—five to one! Well, Ned Gancy ain't going to stand by an' look on at that; he pitches in ...
— The Land of Fire - A Tale of Adventure • Mayne Reid |
