The Wedding Day in All Ages and CountriesHarper & Bros., 1869 - 299 páginas |
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... occasion to mention hereafter ; but it was condemned both by the law of the New Testament and the policy of all prudent states , es- pecially in northern countries . The Hebrews in modern times have been monogamists ; but the Sicilian ...
... occasion to mention hereafter ; but it was condemned both by the law of the New Testament and the policy of all prudent states , es- pecially in northern countries . The Hebrews in modern times have been monogamists ; but the Sicilian ...
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... occasion of the bride first appearing unveiled . Gen- erally on the second day the bridegroom left his house to lodge apart from his wife at the residence of his father - in- law , and the bride presented him with a garment . He also ...
... occasion of the bride first appearing unveiled . Gen- erally on the second day the bridegroom left his house to lodge apart from his wife at the residence of his father - in- law , and the bride presented him with a garment . He also ...
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... occasion with the point of a spear , either in memory of the Sabine virgins who were espoused by violence , or of the warlike customs that were adopt- ed in primitive marriages . The bridegroom also wore a chaplet . At a marriage by ...
... occasion with the point of a spear , either in memory of the Sabine virgins who were espoused by violence , or of the warlike customs that were adopt- ed in primitive marriages . The bridegroom also wore a chaplet . At a marriage by ...
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... occasion , the procession was attended by numerous friends of both parties . Plutarch speaks of five wax candles which were used at marriages ; if these were borne in the proces- sion , probably they were to light the company which ...
... occasion , the procession was attended by numerous friends of both parties . Plutarch speaks of five wax candles which were used at marriages ; if these were borne in the proces- sion , probably they were to light the company which ...
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... occasion . On the following day the husband sometimes gave an- other entertainment to his friends , and the wife , who on this day undertook the management of her husband's house , performed certain religious rites , probably consist ...
... occasion . On the following day the husband sometimes gave an- other entertainment to his friends , and the wife , who on this day undertook the management of her husband's house , performed certain religious rites , probably consist ...
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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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