The protest of our challenger was ignored.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
A challenger with less stomach for punishment had borne the brunt as long as he could-and weakened.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
When he inquired as to the reasons of these many disasters, he was informed that since the entrance of the allies into Paris, the French officers, boiling with rage and indignation at their recent defeat, and smarting under the hourly disgrace which the presence of their conquerors suggested, sought out, by every means in their power, opportunities of insult; but always so artfully contrived as to render the opposite party the challenger, thus reserving to themselves the choice of weapons.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)