"Altercation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... throughout the whole of my existence. Whatever I might on other occasions have thought of his veracity, I now felt too surely the conviction that he would keep his word. At last, before the close of the altercation, the third Genius had advanced, and stood near us. I cannot tell how I knew him, but I knew him to be the Genius of Death. Breathless as I was at beholding him, I soon became familiar with his features. First they seemed only calm; presently they grew contemplative; and lastly ...
— Imaginary Conversations and Poems - A Selection • Walter Savage Landor
... to further altercation, by stepping back quickly, locking the door, and then taking out the key, and putting it into ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
... became silent, for close by where they now stood, a little apart from the table, an angry altercation was going on between Monsieur and Madame Wachner. It was the first time Sylvia had ever heard the worthy couple quarrelling in public ...
— The Chink in the Armour • Marie Belloc Lowndes
... the two mediating Courts are at a great distance from each other; nor is there less between the belligerent powers; and we should deceive ourselves, if we supposed, that all the propositions, which will be made on the one part, and on the other, will not give room for much debate and altercation; or, that they will ...
— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI • Various
... At last, some dainty plate to lick, Or profitable bone to pick, Bestow'd by some partiality, Broke up the smooth equality. The side neglected were indignant At such a slight malignant. Some writers make the whole dispute begin With favours to a bitch while lying in. Whate'er the cause, the altercation Soon grew a perfect conflagration. In hall and kitchen, dog and cat Took sides with zeal for this or that. New rules upon the cat side falling Produced tremendous caterwauling. Their advocate, against ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine
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