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Marriage customs and rites - Early works to 1800
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Marriage ceremonies; as now used in all parts of the world. Very diverting, especially to the Ladies. Written originally in Italian, by Seignior Gaya The third edition. To which are added, large animadversions, and some remarks upon marriage. As also, A looking-glass for married people: Or, The Fantastick Adventures of Sir E-H-With his Seven Wives. Written by himself, in the time of his Confinement. Put into Modern English, by Mr. Tho. Brown.
Gaya, Louis de.Date: 1704- Books
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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 de.Date: [1744]- Books
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Cupid and Hymen; a voyage to the isles of love and matrimony. Containing A most Diverting Account of the Inhabitants of those Two Vast and Populous Countries, their Laws, Customs, and Government. Interspersed With many useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the dangerous Precipices and Quicksands that these Islands abound with, and wherein so many Thousands, who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. By the facetious H. C. and T. B. To which are added, a map of the island of marriage; The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences attending a Married Life. The Married Man's Answer to it; None but Fools Marry, a Vindication of the Estimate; and a Boulster Lecture, &c. By Simon Single, Esq; The fourth edition.
Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.Date: [1772]- 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- 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 de.Date: [1748]