Swift regretted the laws against dueling because dueling at least was a good means of ridding the country of bores and fools. His keen eye penetrated social customs and saw the common sense that governed good manners. (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)
Passage of laws against dueling in England, March 9, 1679.
Introductory Note: Thomas Carlyle
Characteristics, by Thomas Carlyle
Introductory Note: Ben Jonson
The Alchemist (Act I), by Ben Jonson
Introductory Note: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Act I), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Sir Thomas Malory
The Holy Grail (Book XIII, Ch. VII-XII), by Sir Thomas Malory
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Part I, Ch. VIII), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Sophocles
Antigone (Part I), by Sophocles
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. X), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Thomas à Kempis
The Imitation of Christ (Book II, Ch. IV-IX), by Thomas à Kempis
Introductory Note: Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Purgatory XXX-XXXII), by Dante Alighieri
Introductory Note: Herodotus
An Account of Egypt (Section 8 and 9), by Herodotus
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