The blood-feud was too old, too natural a practice to be suppressed at once; but it was so controlled and regulated as to become little more than a part of the machinery of justice.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Than-Sing, luckily remembering the feud then existing between China and Great Britain, replied that the captain was a Spaniard, and the crew composed of various Europeans.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
Between Jack-honest, frank, and reckless Jack-and the serpent-like Slummers there had been a feud which had commenced from the moment of their first introduction.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice