Marriage customs and rites - Early works to 1800
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Marriage ceremonies, as now used in all parts of the world . With remarks upon matrimony critical and humourous. Very diverting, especially to the ladies. To which is added, The adventures of Sir Harry *****, with his seven wives.
Gaya, Louis deDate: [1744]- E-books
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Hymen: an accurate description of the ceremonies used in marriage, by every nation in the known world. Shewing, The Oddity of some, the Absurdity of others, the Drollery of many, and the real or intended Piety of all. Dedicated to the Ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland
UxoriusDate: MDCCLX. [1760]- E-books
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Matrimonial ceremonies display'd wherein are exhibited, the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprizing Practices of near One Hundred different Kingdoms and People in the World, now us'd in the celebration and consummation of matrimony. Collected from the papers of an old rich bawdy batchelor; With great Variety of Remarks by him, Serious and Humourous. To which is prefix'd, The comical Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven Wives; with the Character of each: A genuine Story. Also an Epigram on Matrimony, in Latin and English, and an Alphabetical Index. Publish'd for the Information and Entertainment of the Ladies and pretty Girls of Great-Britain, not forgetting those of Dublin and Tipperary.
Gaya, Louis deDate: [1748]- E-books
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An accurate discription of the marriage ceremonies used by every nation in the world Shewing, the oddity of some, the absurdity of others, the drollery of many; and, the real or intended piety of all.
Date: 1782