"It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight …"

"With epigrams of spite and daring It's pleasant to provoke a foe; It's pleasant when you see him staring - His stubbo…"

"The custom of a duel appears among civilization as a symbol of the fact that a person can and should, in certain case…"

"Well, you see, I'll tell you the whole secret of dueling in two words. If you are going to fight a duel, and you make…"

"Popova: Do you think I'm afraid of you just because you have large fists and a bull's throat? Eh? You Bourbon!"

"Twice two’s four, and a stone’s a stone. Here to-morrow we have a duel. You and I will say it’s stupid and absurd, th…"

"Dueling was very much a public matter. Insults, and the challenges to duel that followed, traveled via newspaper edit…"

"Ippolit Matveyevich entered the room in slightly better spirits. "Unheard-of impudence," he exclaimed angrily. "I cou…"

"A duel is a form of combat between two people that occurs according to established rules with the goal of restoring h…"

"Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man; Some frolic drunkard, reeling…"