The Wedding Day in All Ages and CountriesHarper & Bros., 1869 - 299 páginas |
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... invited , and which was a most essential part of the marriage cere- mony . After the feast came music and dancing , the latter being performed by the male guests round the bridegroom , and by the women round the bride . The festivities ...
... invited , and which was a most essential part of the marriage cere- mony . After the feast came music and dancing , the latter being performed by the male guests round the bridegroom , and by the women round the bride . The festivities ...
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... invited can not attend , his gift is received in his absence . The friends who are merely invited to the evening dance are not expected to bring any presents . Not unfrequently , when the wedded pair are poor , their gifts are sold to ...
... invited can not attend , his gift is received in his absence . The friends who are merely invited to the evening dance are not expected to bring any presents . Not unfrequently , when the wedded pair are poor , their gifts are sold to ...
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... invited to nuptial feasts ; but they sat at a separate table , the still - veiled bride being among her own sex . At the conclusion of the banquet she was con- ducted by her husband into her bridal chamber ; and a law of Solon required ...
... invited to nuptial feasts ; but they sat at a separate table , the still - veiled bride being among her own sex . At the conclusion of the banquet she was con- ducted by her husband into her bridal chamber ; and a law of Solon required ...
Página 93
... invited must make presents . Among the Burmese of Ava marriage is not contracted until the age of puberty , and the parents arrange it ; never- theless the nuptial engagement is prefaced with some per- sonal acquaintance and plighted ...
... invited must make presents . Among the Burmese of Ava marriage is not contracted until the age of puberty , and the parents arrange it ; never- theless the nuptial engagement is prefaced with some per- sonal acquaintance and plighted ...
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... invited , and which was intended to give an opportu- nity to the young men to make an offer for the maiden . The marriage was attended with no religious or judicial ceremonies , the consent of the woman to live with the man being all ...
... invited , and which was intended to give an opportu- nity to the young men to make an offer for the maiden . The marriage was attended with no religious or judicial ceremonies , the consent of the woman to live with the man being all ...
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ancient attended banns Ben Jonson benediction betrothal bridal bride and bridegroom bride's father bride's house bridegroom's house cake called carried celebrated cere church Circassians Cloth concubinage conducted confarreatio consent contract couple crown custom dancing daugh daughter ding door dowry dressed early England Engravings feast female finger flowers friends garters gave gifts girl give given gloves gold groom guests head Henry VIII Hesperides History husband Illustrations Jews JOHN S. C. ABBOTT kiss knot lady LL.D Lord lover marriage marriage ceremony married married couple matrimony monogamy Morgengabe newly-married night nuptial pair parents parties performed persons polygamy Portrait posset posy prayers present priest received relations riage Roman rosemary round says Scotland sent seventeenth century shoe silver sometimes thee throw token took usually veil virgin vols wedding day wedding ring widow wife wine wives woman women wore young
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