Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… duel, but by and large, Donna Andrew’s description represents the situation with accuracy: […] following an affront, the parties were expected to approach seconds to represent them, who would attempt peacefully to resolve the conflict, but, … in their Sense of Honour, and that it often happened that a Duel was fought (to save Appearances to the World) when both Parties were in their Hearts in Amity and Reconciliation to each other; it was evident, that Turning the Mode another way …
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