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.
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Leviathan (Ch. II & III), by Thomas Hobbes
Introductory Note: Oliver Goldsmith
She Stoops to Conquer (Act I), by Oliver Goldsmith
Introductory Note: Izaak Walton
The Life of Mr. George Herbert, by Izaak Walton
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. XX), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Robert Browning
Poems, by Robert Browning
Introductory Note: Izaak Walton
The Life of Dr. Donne, by Izaak Walton
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi (Ch. 31), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs
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Introductory Note: Adam Smith
Wealth of Nations (Book I, Ch. 1), by Adam Smith
Introductory Note: Robert Louis Stevenson
Truth of Intercourse, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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