"Fistic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... after the fugitive, but he had disappeared utterly, and the dense bushes impeded the pursuer. He was hot and angry that he had been deluded so cleverly, but then came the consolation that, after all, he had won in the fistic encounter with an antagonist worthy of anybody. And after this came a second thought that caused him to ...
— The Rock of Chickamauga • Joseph A. Altsheler
... morning the news was all over the school. Nat Poole heard of it, and he and some of his cronies declared it as their opinion that Phil and some others were to blame. This brought on a fistic encounter between Ben and the money-lender's son, and the latter got ...
— Dave Porter and the Runaways - Last Days at Oak Hall • Edward Stratemeyer
... He was a professional prize-fighter—ready to try conclusions in the fistic ring with any in the world; but he feared a pistol or a knife as an ordinary man would fear a blow from his powerful arm. He had helped Mulligan and Casey in some of their election operations, and ...
— The Vigilance Committee of '56 • James O'Meara |
