The Marriage Gift Book and Bridal TokenHoulston & Wright, 1863 - 311 pages |
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Page 112
... attended them with songs and music of instruments . The way as they went along was lighted by numerous torches . In the meantime , another company , consisting of the young friends of the bridegroom , was waiting at the bride- groom's ...
... attended them with songs and music of instruments . The way as they went along was lighted by numerous torches . In the meantime , another company , consisting of the young friends of the bridegroom , was waiting at the bride- groom's ...
Page 128
... attending church for two or three weeks , and partaking of the sacrament together . One traveller relates that he met a lady of aristocratic rank at Gondar , in company with six men , who had successively been her husbands . No- thing ...
... attending church for two or three weeks , and partaking of the sacrament together . One traveller relates that he met a lady of aristocratic rank at Gondar , in company with six men , who had successively been her husbands . No- thing ...
Page 129
... attended with music , torches , and the firing of musketry . When she enters the door , she exercises extraordinary caution not to touch the threshold . She covers her eyes with her hands : he is now introduced to her and speaks to her ...
... attended with music , torches , and the firing of musketry . When she enters the door , she exercises extraordinary caution not to touch the threshold . She covers her eyes with her hands : he is now introduced to her and speaks to her ...
Page 143
... contracts which attended their marriages . We will give one document at length , as it may be called an Anglo - Saxon lady's marriage- settlement . " There appears in this writing the compact which Wulfric THE ANGLO - SAXONS . 143.
... contracts which attended their marriages . We will give one document at length , as it may be called an Anglo - Saxon lady's marriage- settlement . " There appears in this writing the compact which Wulfric THE ANGLO - SAXONS . 143.
Page 187
... attended with the utmost respect , and nothing omitted , which could contribute to her happiness . Araspes , dazzled by her beauty , and hearing con- tinually of her excellence , became very much in love with her . For a long time ...
... attended with the utmost respect , and nothing omitted , which could contribute to her happiness . Araspes , dazzled by her beauty , and hearing con- tinually of her excellence , became very much in love with her . For a long time ...
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