Duelling Handbook 1829

Name: Duelling Handbook 1829
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ISBN: 9780486454689

ISBN-10: 0486454681

ISBN-13: 9780486454689

Edition: 2007

Authors: Joseph Hamilton

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"The Only Approved Guide Through All the Stages of a Quarrel," this 1829 manual offered advice on everything from withdrawal of challenges to weapons. Its dramatic anecdotes recount duels between friends and brothers, as well as those arising from disagreements over religion, women, gambling, and other volatile subjects.

Book details

List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Dedication


The Point of Honour


Testimonials from Prince, Nobleman, Clergyman, Officer, and Author


The Royal Code of Honor


Some Short and Useful Reflections upon Duelling


The Court of Honor Circular


Brief Anecdotes of Duelling


Royal and Viceregal Quarrels


Danger of Being Seconds, or By-standers


Successful Interference


Imprudence of Friends and Relatives


Trifling Causes of Quarrel


Quarrels Arising from Mistakes


Duels between Brothers


Duels between Friends


Quarrelsome Persons


Tricks and Stratagems


Responsibility of the Press


Responsibility of the Bar


Responsibility of Public Functionaries


Quarrels about Ladies


Influence of Woman


Quarrels about Religion


Appeals to the Laws


Recognizance to Keep the Peace


Gambling Quarrels


Obsolete Regulations


The Irish Duellist


Notes and Cases


Apologies


Fate of Survivors


Disobedient Principals


Challenges Withdrawn


Refusing to Fire at an Injured Challenger


Alternate Firing


A Snap is as Good as a Shot


Drawing Blood or Firing in the Air


Disuse of the Horsewhip


Deciding Elections by a Shot


Danger of Publicity


Diminishing the Mark


Distance


Slighted Challenges


Surgeons in Attendance


Jokes and Horse Play


Season and Weather


One Second


Pistols


Double Duels


Written Statements


Generosity of Combatants


Courage


Boasters


Court of Chivalry


Anti-Duellists