"Retiarius" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... disgust to procure another horse and a lariat. An experience faintly hinted at in the above suggestions soon convinced me that the great arm of the service in butterfly-warfare is infantry. After I had turned myself into a modest Retiarius, I had no end to success. Mariposa County is rightly named. The honey of its groves and meadows is sucked by some of the largest, the most magnificent, and most widely ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 • Various
... the coquettish maid and determined man is like the battle between the Retiarius and the Mirmillio. The coquetry ensnares the man as with a net against ...
— Hints for Lovers • Arnold Haultain |
