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Sauce for the wedding dinner: or, a pleasant discourse of love and marriage. By Martin Wiloringold.
Wiloringold, Martin.Date: [1742]
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Cupid and Hymen: a voyage to the isles of love and matrimony; containing a most diverting account of the inhabitants ... In prose and verse, by ... Harry Carey, ... To which are added, 1. A description of the island of marriage. 2. The batchelor's estimate of the expences of a married life. ... By Sir Humphrey Single, Bart. ...
Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.Date: 1748
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House of Lords. Between The Right honourable William Gordon, commonly called Lord William Gordon, - - - - - Appellant, and Frances Viscountess Irwin, the Right honourable Francis Seymour Conway, commonly called Lord Viscount Beauchamp, and Isabella Ann his Wife, Frances Ingram Shepheard, Elizabeth Ingram Shepheard, Harriott Ingram Shepheard, and Louisa Susannah Ingram Shepheard, and Albany Wallis, - - - - - Respondents. The Appellant's case.
Gordon, William, Lord, 1744-1823.Date: 1781]
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Conjugal love and duty: a discourse upon Hebrews xiii. 4. Preached at St. Ann's September 11, 1757. With a dedication to the Right Hon. Lady Caroline Russel. Asserting the Prerogative of Beauty, and Vindicating the Priviledges of the Fair Sex.
Brett, John, Rector of Moynalty.Date: [1757]
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Proposals by the United Company of Insurers on Marriages, Births and Servitude, at their office at the Green Lamp in Downing-Street, Westminster.
United Company of Insurers on Marriages, Births and Servitude.Date: 1710?]
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Reasons against matrimony; being a survey of the isle of marriage: or, a new and accurate description of all the provinces, districts, ports, towns, Rivers, Policy and Government of that vast and populous country. Containing a particular Account of its various Inhabitants, under the following Heads: The Discreet, the Prudes, the Ill-Match'd, the Ill-at-Ease, the Jealous, the Cuckolds, whether Contented, Frantick, Imaginary or Incredulous; and the Inhabitants of the two little Districts of Divorce and Widowhood; as also, some Remarks on the two Islands of Polygamy and of Love. With useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the many dangerous Precipices, Torrents, Morasses and Quicksands, wherewith the Island of Marriage abounds, and wherein so many Thousands who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. To which is prefix'd, a dissuasive from matrimony, in an epistle dedicatory to Cælia.
Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]
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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
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The road to Hymen made plain, easy, and delightful; in a new collection of familiar letters, pleasing dialogues, and verses, Which have passed between Lovers in various Situations of Life, displaying Humorous and entertaining Characters, on love, courtship, and marriage. With Rules to the Fair Sex, on the Choice and Management of Husbands: To which are added, the batchelor's estimate of the expences attending the married life; and the lady's apology in reply. A new edition by Benedict the married man. Ornamented with an engraved frontispiece.
Date: [1790?]
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The present state of matrimony: or, the real causes of conjugal infidelity and unhappy marriages. In a letter to a friend. With Some Reflections on the State of Matrimony among the Antient Greeks and Romans; and a View of their manner of Educating their young Ladies, compared with the Modern Practice. Recommended To the serious Perusal of all Parents, Guardians, young married Persons and unmarried: Whereby the Single may be directed to a happy Choice, and those who are unhappily Wedded remove the Causes of their Uneasiness. By Philogamus.
Philogamus.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
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The present state of matrimony: or, the real causes of conjugal infidelity and unhappy marriages. In a letter to a friend. With Some Reflections on the State of Matrimony among the Antient Greeks and Romans; and a View of their manner of Educating their young Ladies, compared with the Modern Practice. Recommended To the serious Perusal of all Parents, Guardians, young married Persons and unmarried: Whereby the Single may be directed to a happy Choice, and those who are unhappily Wedded remove the Causes of their Uneasiness. By Philogamus.
Philogamus.Date: [1739?]
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Some considerations on the times wherein marriage is said to be prohibited: in a letter from one clergy-man to another.
Brett, Thomas, 1667-1744.Date: 1708
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A glorious espousal. A brief essay, to illustrate and prosecute the marriage, wherein our great Saviour offers to espouse unto himself the children of men. And thereupon to recommend from that grand pattern a good carriage in the married life among them. An essay proper and useful in the hands of those who travel on the noble design of espousing the souls of men unto their Saviour. But more particularly and seasonably to be presented, where a marriage is upon a celebration.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.Date: 1719
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The new year's gift: or, Advice to a Nephew about his Choice in Marriage. Containing the following Heads. I. A Prefatory Epistle to the Reader and Bookseller; in which the Author gives some Account of himself, his Nephew Mr. William Tully, and Mrs. Margaret Jewel, a young Lady of Brumpton, whom the Nephew is inclined, thro' the Uncle's Advice, to marry, which occasion'd the Writing and Publishing the following Pieces in Prose and Verse. II. The Character of a Good Mistress of a Family, from the Proverbs of Solomon, with the Commendation thereof by the Authors of the Guardian. III. The same Character made into a Song, which was fashionable in the Days of Queen Elizabeth, and sung by the Maids of Honour; but not published by the Writer till the Year 1612. VI. The same done in modern English Verse. By Mr. Horace Tully, of Gray's Inn, for the Use of his Nephew. Lastly, Margaret and William: Or, The Choice; being a Meditation on Marriage. A Ballad. By Mr. William Tully.
Date: [1730?]
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A bill to enable Sir Brian Broughton, baronet, an infant, to enter into marriage articles concerning his intended wife's portion, notwith-standing his infancy.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1738]
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Memorial for George-James Duke of Hamilton, Marquis of Douglas, Earl of Angus, &c. Lord Douglas Hamilton, and their tutors, and Sir Hew Dalrymple of Northberwick, baronet, pursuers, Against the person pretending to be Archibald Stewart, alias Douglas, only son now on life of the marriage between Colonel John Stewart, afterwards Sir John Stewart of Grandtully, and Lady Jane Douglas, sister-german of Archibald Duke of Douglas, defender. To which are annexed, sequel of the memorial: in which the objections urged by the defender to the conduct of the cause, on the part of the pursuers, are considered; and appendix: containing parallel cases of suppositio partus and remarks on the French cases quoted by the defender.
Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of, 1755-1769.Date: Printed XXIV January MDCCLXVII. [1767]
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An act to dissolve the marriage of Thomas Nuthall, Gentleman, with Lucy Scott, his now Wife; and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1757]
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An act to dissolve the marriage of William Hazeland, clerk, with Mary Whalley his now wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other purposes therein mentioned.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1762]
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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]
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From the safest, and most advantageous Office of Insurance in marriages, births and services, at the Carv'd Porter, over-against Jack's Coffee-House in Kingstreet near Guildhall. Proposals, for insurance on marriage, at a certain charge by a weekly dividend.
Office of Insurance at the Carv'd Porter (London, England)Date: 1711?]
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An act to dissolve the marriage of Exuperius Turner, Esquire, with Elizabeth Louisa Minshull, his now Wife, and to enable him to Marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1759]
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An act for vesting in trustees certain messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Farms, in the County of Surrey, settled upon the Marriage of Richard Dickson Skrine, Esquire, with Elizabeth his now Wife, to be sold and conveyed, pursuant to Articles; and for laying out the Purchase-Money in other Lands and Tenements, to be settled to the Uses of their Marriage-Settlement.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1756]
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An act to dissolve the marriage of the Honourable Charles Hope Weir, Esquire, with Anne Vane, his now Wife; and to Enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1757]
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The third proposals for insurance on marriage, at a certain charge, by a weekly dividend. By the Honourable and Voluntary Society.
Honourable and Voluntary Society (Strand, London, England)Date: [1710]
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A Young man's reasons for marrying an old woman. In a letter to his friend. To which is added, an epistle from the old lady to her gallant.
Date: [1746?]
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Directions for married persons: describing the duties common to both, and peculiar to each of them. By William Whateley.
Whately, William, 1583-1639.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]