Murderous duels and affrayswere of constant occurrence.
In these disastrous affrays both antagonists were armed.
He had been in several desperate affrays with them, and, like a sensible person, he spared no exertion to escape all such encounters.
I'll not permit any battles, set- tos, affrays or brawls in towns or villages or on roads.
Commodus made a point of having Martius specially presented to him because he had heard that he had been, with you and Tanno, one of the foremost fighters in your affrays in Vediamnum and near Villa Satronia.
Several affrays happened during my stay, and the inhabitants were extremely exasperated.
This was an immense advantage to him in his numerous affrays with the red men.
In the numerous affrays which now took place “Big Foot” Wallace had a prominent part.
Now though I was full young and a cautious man, yet, having a natural hatred of Spaniards and their ways, I wrought right well against them, and was mighty diligent in many desperateaffrays against their ships and along the Coast.
Affrays and Thaller were well calculated to agree.
I shall go and hide myself in some suburb of Paris, and write to Affrays to come.
It was in the name of that daughter that Affrays wrung considerable sums from the Marquis de Tregars.
Nearly all the affrays in which the murdered man is conscious of his danger are simply street fights, in which each man lodges in the body of the other as many shots as he can before he himself sinks down wounded.
As a matter of fact and as against the statement given above, outbreaks were not uncommon with fierce attacks upon officers and murderous affrays among the prisoners.
Women frequently excite the men to engage in these affrays to revenge injuries or deaths, and sometimes they assist themselves by carrying spears or other weapons for their husbands.
This, I am persuaded, is the cause and origin of many of the affrays with the natives, which are apparently inexplicable to us.
Shooting affrays were of frequent occurrence in the drinking saloons, where at night gambling was invariably carried on, the diggers being as reckless of their lives as of their money.
Why," he continued, "young men should condescend to take part in disgraceful affrays of this kind passes my understanding.
French sailors and soldiers were beaten in the streets, and their officers seriously wounded in attempting to quell affrays with the populace.
I took this opportunity to look over some of the records of the convent which are written in Arabic, and I extracted several interesting documents relative to the state of the Bedouins in former times, and their affrays with the monks.
The government has made a sort of monopoly of it; but its distribution is very irregular, and affrays often happen at the well, particularly when ships are on the point of sailing.
The upper street along the base of Citadel Hill between the north and south barracks was known as "Knock him Down" Street in consequence of the number of affrays and even murders committed there.
One Christopher Schlegall had been killed in one of the numerous affrayswith the soldiers.
Nearly all the shooting affrays arise from the most trivial causes in saloons and bar-rooms.
In Colorado whisky is significant of all evil and violence and is the cause of most of the shooting affrays in the mining camps.
But the most famous of Benton's affrays was that with Jackson himself, in 1813.
The return shows the number of casualties with fatal results reported to the police as having occurred in affrays between native vessels and the revenue cruisers during the period of five years under review.
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