Word: dueling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...only able to translate portions of it, and give an outline of the rest, adding explanations when necessary. The story tells how Helga, the fair, daughter of Thorstein, was beloved by two Norsmen who sought her in marriage. Being unable to settle the matter, they engaged in a duel, from the effect of which both died, whereupon Helga married another of her suitors. All of this had been foretold to her father in a wonderful dream. Mr. Babbitt read directly from the Norse, and his language was always clear and forcible...
...following account of a German students' duel, a thing which is of frequent occurrence on the other side may interest those of our readers who are taking fencing lessons, though we trust it will not stir up any blood-thirsty desires in their American breasts...
...comedy-drama, "The Advocate," by a young American actor, Mr. Charles Lander, was produced at the Kilburn Town Hall on Friday evening. It is taken from the French, is dated 1817, and is really a duel of words and stratagems between the advocate, Malesherbes, and the Baroness De Mergis, a lady who has piqued him by raising false hopes as regards love within his legal breast. She wishes to marry her son to Helene, daughter of the Marquis De la Tour, whose estates had been confiscated and bestowed on the father of Barnard Dubois. This young gentlemen is supposed...
...latest comic operas by Mr. Daniels, was very well rendered by the Boston Cadet Band under his direction. The plot, it is needless to say, abounded with anachronisms and absurdities which made it all the more amusing. Romulus and Remus are in love with Proserpina; they fight a duel about her, and Remus is killed; Romulus descends to Hades to recover his brother's soul, and finds Proserpina there on the same errand; Pluto falls in love with Proserpina and refuses to let her return to earth; the difficulty of providing a bridal trousseau is solved by the property manager...
...forgotten with the close of the entertainment. A half century ago, in some of the German universities, it was looked upon as a mortal offense to refuse to drink drink when asked, no matter how often the invitation came. Refusal was promptly followed by a challenge to fight a duel. The story is told of one pugnacious student, who, being something of a duelist, and being well filled with the balm of German student life, jumped upon a long table one night at drinking bout, and walked the whole length of the table, kicking the mugs and pitchers right...