 | Theophilus Moore - 1820 - 374 sider
...would be preferred to a Lotidon beau. As wives, they are generally faithful, dutiful, and aifeciionate. When it is settled that a wedding is to take place, a few days previous to its scleuiuizat.on, the parents of the parties have wh U they call a bidding, or meeting of thtir fiends... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 538 sider
...practice to •which we have referred. As wives, they are chaste, faithful, dutiful, and affectionate. When it is settled that a wedding is to take place,...they are persons of respectability, the number that attends is prodigious. Where the intended bride lives, great numbers of women and several men make... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 424 sider
...practice to which we have referred. As wives, they are chaste, iaithful, dutiful, and affectionate. When it is settled that a wedding is to take place,.../'of their friends at their separate houses. If they v are persons of respectability, the number that attends is prodigious. Where the intended bride lives,... | |
 | Robert Elliott - 1842 - 114 sider
...the practice to which we have referred. When a match is made up, a few days previous to the wedding, the parents of the parties have what they call a bidding,...they are persons of respectability, the number that attends is prodigious. Presents of goods of every description and money, sometimes as much as twenty,... | |
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As wives, they are chaste, faithful, dutiful, and affectionate. When it is settled that a wedding is to take place, a few days previous to its solemnization, the parents of the parties have what they call a bidding, or meeting of their friends at their... 