The Gretna Green Register

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Robert Elliott, 1842 - 82 sider
 

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Side 19 - WITH this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Side 50 - And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely Cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie Wifie's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does a' his weary carking cares beguile, An' makes him quite forget his labor an
Side 78 - Mr. Symson, educated at the university of Cambridge, and late chaplain to the Earl of Rothes. — NB Without imposition.
Side 81 - March ye 4th, 1740.— William , and Sarah , he, dressed in a gold waistcoat, like an officer, she, a beautiful young lady, with two fine diamond rings, and a black high crown hat, and very well dressed, — at Boyce's.
Side 79 - says she, horribly frightened, fearing it was a madhouse; " what has the Doctor to do with me? " " To marry you to that gentleman. The Doctor has waited for you these three hours, and will be paid by you or that gentleman before you go! " " That gentleman," says she, recovering herself, " is worthy a better fortune than mine,
Side 79 - this coach was called for me, and since the weather is so bad, and there is no other, I beg leave to bear you company ; I am going into the city, and will set you down wherever you please.
Side 76 - Behold thou art betrothed unto me with this ring, according to the rites of Moses and Israel.
Side 79 - That gentleman,' says she, recovering herself, ' is worthy a better fortune than mine,' and begged hard to be gone. But Doctor Wryneck swore she should be married, or if she would not, he would still have his fee, and register the marriage from that night. The lady finding she could not escape without money or a pledge, told them she liked the gentleman so well, she would certainly meet him tomorrow night, and gave them a ring as a pledge : which...
Side 79 - The Doctor," says she, horribly frighted, fearing it was a madhouse ; ' what has the Doctor to do with me ? ' 'To marry you to that gentleman ; the Doctor has waited for you these three hours, and will be paid by you or that gentleman before you go ! ' ' That gentleman,' says she, recovering herself, 'is worthy a better fortune than mine,
Side 70 - ... incontinency she forfeits her estate ; yet if she will come into the court riding backward upon a black ram, with his tail in her hand, and say the words following, the steward is bound by the custom to re-admit her to her...

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