Yesterday, the Elgin
Duelist Fencing Club was at the Linkwood View sheltered housing complex to demonstrate the skills used in the ancient sport.
(20) We recall the rule of the duel: "Only the
duelist who shoots second has the right to shoot in the air.
A brash, strong-willed man of many talents, in addition to being a remarkable
duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet and is also a musician.
Jarvis Cocker and Charlotte Gainsbourg make counting sexy in the
Duelist, Francoise Hardy adds her honeyed vocals to the beautiful Au Fond Du Reve Dore and Sixties composer David Whitaker brings an orchestral sweep to the pining of Remember.
Hercule Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, a nobleman serving in the French Army, is brash, strong-willed and multi-talented In addition to being a remarkable
duelist, he is a gifted poet.
Kellow's Kael transcends mere artistic contrarianism and resembles a sort of impassioned
duelist.''
JG: Open The Book of Duels and one reads on the inside cover: "In the seconds before gunpowder explodes or a sword is drawn, the
duelist is driven by one of our simplest dispositions: kill or be killed.
In Bayard's painting, the
duelist presumed to be Gisele d'Estoc has her back to us.
Oscar grows up to become a skilled
duelist and marksman at a tender age, and earns an appointment to Commander of the French Royal Guards.
DEADLY: Duelling pistols and, left, two men settle an argument TURN AND FIRE: A
duelist fires a fatal shot at his opponent
As you show him your inventory of single-action revolvers, he mentions that one-handed is the way to go--the
Duelist category in the game.
Gronow, who was equally as fashionable but never as compulsive a
duelist, managed to record the life of a Regency dandy largely from his own experience.
Some of the stories have child or teenage protagonists (the adolescent
duelist in Ellen Kushner's "Charis," the daughter of a vampire in Jane Yolen's "Mama Gone"); others have themes of alienation or belonging, many of them reflecting magic in the modern world (the folk musicians in Emma Bull's "A Bird That Whistles," the hip young Knight Templar in Debra Doyle and James D.
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Otto Skorzeny had studied engineering in Vienna and was a well-known aggressive
duelist, who was said to have participated in 15 sabre duels and had a very visible scar as a memento.
Traditionally, each
duelist had a supporter, or second, to give commands and serve as a witness.