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" So general was the practice, and so all-pervading was the duel mania, that the peaceful shades of our university could not escape it. Not only students adopted the practice, but the principal and fellows set the example. The Honourable J. Hely Hutchinson,... "
Sketches of Ireland sixty years ago [signed W.]. - Page 18
by John Edward Walsh - 1849 - 180 pages
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Ireland Sixty Years Ago

John Edward Walsh - Ireland - 1851 - 166 pages
...of the House of Commons, was ever ready to sustain with his pistols the force of his arguments. His cool ferocity, on such occasions, was a fearful display....Pranceriana* as a fencing-master, trampling on Newton's * " Pranceriana— a collection of fugitive pieces, published since the appointment of Provost Hutchinson,...
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Ireland Sixty Years Ago

John Edward Walsh - Ireland - 1851 - 182 pages
...called him, in the debate on the Union, " a dancing-master," and while the debate was going on, veent from the house to fight him, and shot him through...Pranceriana* as a fencing-master, trampling on Newton's * " Pranceriana— a collection of fugitive pieces, published since the appointment of Provost Hutchinson,...
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Chambers's pocket miscellany, Volumes 1-3

Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren - 1852 - 626 pages
...and shot him through the arm. ' So general was the practice, and so all-pervading was the duel-mania, that the peaceful shades of our university could not...defence, for which he wished to endow a professorship. He set the example of duelling to his pupils, by challenging and fighting Doyle, a master in Chancery...
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Chambers' Home Book, Or Pocket Miscellany: Containing a Choice Selection of ...

William Chambers - 1853 - 370 pages
...and shot him through the arm. ' So general was the practice, and so all-pervading was the duel-mania, that the peaceful shades of our university could not...but the principal and fellows set the example. The Honorable J. Hely Hutchinson, the provost, introduced, among other innovations on the quiet retreats...
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Chambers's Pocket Miscellany, Volumes 3-4

1854 - 426 pages
...and shot him through the arm. ' So general was the practice, and so all-pervading was the duel-mania, that the peaceful shades of our university could not...and fellows set the example. The Honourable J. Hely Hutchiuson, the provost, introduced, among other innovations on the quiet retreats of study, dancing...
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