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The history and examination of duels . Shewing their heinous nature and the necessity of suppressing them. In two parts. By John Cockburn, D.D. With the edict of the King of France against duels; and an abridgment of that of the King of Poland.
Cockburn, John, 1652-1729.Date: 1720
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A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
Otto van VeenReference: 42729i
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A woman is holding her dying lover; a sword lying at his feet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.
Francisco GoyaDate: 1812/1888Reference: 567176i- E-books
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A tract on duelling wherein the opinions of some of the most celebrated writers on crown law are examined and corrected Either by the Authority of the same Writers, declared in contradictory Sentiments on the same Subject collated from other Parts of their Works, Or, by the solemn Decisions of more ancient Writers of (at least) equal Authority; in order to ascertain the due distinction between manslaughter and murder. By Granville Sharp.
Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- E-books
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Against duelling . A sermon preach'd before the Queen in the Royal Chapel at Windsor-Castle, on November the 23d, 1712. By Edmund Chishull, B. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty. Publish'd by Her Majesties Special Command.
Chishull, Edmund, 1671-1733.Date: 1712









