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Definition of Duelling

1. duel [v] - See also: duel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duelling

Literary usage of Duelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1626, during the reign of Henry's successor, Louis XIII, the laws against duelling were made more stringent and were strictly carried out. ..."

2. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"The other circumstance is, that duelling has from the beginning been more popular ... The relation between chivalry and duelling has been noticed by several ..."

3. Essays on the Principles of Morality: And on the Private and Political by Jonathan Dymond (1842)
"The reader will perhaps more distinctly perceive that the fancied utility of duelling in preventing insults, results from this misdirection of public ..."

4. Theology: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons by Timothy Dwight (1839)
"That duelling is a violation of the command in the text is evident, ... The remaining subjects, included in this division, are duelling, Suicide, ..."

5. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"ANTI-duelling ACT. THE death of Mr. Jonathan Cilley, a representative in Congress from the State of Maine, killed in a duel with rifles, with Mr. Graves of ..."

6. The Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury by Edward Herbert Herbert of Cherbury (1886)
"duelling in France and England in the early years of the Seventeenth Century. duelling holds no more prominent place in Lord Herbert's autobiography than it ..."

7. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"I started the question, whether duelling was consistent with moral duty. ... I said, I wished to have it settled, whether duelling was contrary to the laws ..."

8. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1890)
"The other circumstance is, that duelling has from the beginning been more popular ... 258 " The relation between chivalry and duelling has been noticed by ..."

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