Duelling: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off or so.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto IV. St. 41.
Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest.— SAM'L JOHNSON — London. L. 226.