Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… of duels had waned by the end of the eighteenth century (Kiernan 185). In an issue of The Spectator devoted to clubs, Addison tells us that there was even a club which he finds ‘mischievous’, the ‘Club of Duellists’, where none could be … had not killed a man in a duel. The members sat in the order of the number of men they had killed. 7 More generally, Addison finds duelling a thing of the past, suggesting for instance: ‘To speak disrespectfully of any Woman, is Expulsion … it was evident, that Turning the Mode another way would effectually put a Stop to what had being only as a mode.’ 11 7 . Addison, The Spectator, no. 9 (10 Mar. 1710-11), vol. I. p. 41. Also mentioned by Kiernan, p. 99. 8 . The Spectator, n° …
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