 | Edmund Burke - 1768 - 642 páginas
...lefs againft foreigners. They hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation ; iubeing cuf. tomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of money paid down, and under a penalty agreed upon between them, if the girls were returned. The people in... | |
 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1768 - 710 páginas
...countrymen, much lefs againft foreigners. They hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation < it being cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of rconey paid down, and under a penalty agreed upon between them, if the girls were returned. The people... | |
 | George Lyttelton (1st baron.) - 1769 - 532 páginas
...countrymen, much lefs againft foreigners. They hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation j it being cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of money paid down, and under a penalty, agreed upon between them, if the girls were returned. The people in... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 668 páginas
...an heirefs. Giraldus Cambrenfis, in his defcription of Wales, fays, that formerly they hardly «ver married without a prior cohabitation, it having been...returned. This I believe to be a miftake. It is more * " Among the Goths, a man gave a dowry for his bride, inftead of receiving " one with her ; to prevent... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 540 páginas
...fays, that formerly they hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation, it having been cuflomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men...if the girls were returned. This I believe to be a miflake. It is more * " Among the Goths, a man gave a dowry for his bride, inflead of receiving *'... | |
 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 páginas
...countrymen, much lei's ac^ainfl: foreigners. They hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation, it being cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial for a fum N 4 of of money paid down, and under a penalty agreed upon between them if the girls were returned.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1779 - 566 páginas
...fays fhc, w obliging the hufband to give a " dowry to his wife." By the laws of King Ethelbcrt, feet. 32. a man who committed adultery with his neighbour's...Wal.es men purchafed their wives, as was done all the Vot,. I. • X world * " Among the Goths, a man gave a dowry for his bride, inftead of re" ceiving... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1779 - 572 páginas
...his defcription of Wales, fays, that formerly they hardly ever married without a prior cphabitation ; it having been cuftomary for parents. to let out their...Wales men purchafed their wives, as was done all the VOL. I. !£ world • " Among the Goths, a man gave a dowry for his bride, inftead of re" ceiving one... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 600 páginas
...countrymen, touch lefs againft foreigners. They hardly ever married without a pricrr cohabitation ; it bein£ cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial> for a fum of money paid down, and under a penalty agreed upon between them, if the girls were returned. The people in... | |
 | 1800 - 594 páginas
...lefs againft foreigners. They hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation ; it being cuf» tomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of money paid down, and under a penalty agreed upon between them, if the girls were returned. The people in... | |
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Wales, fays, that formerly they hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation ; it having been cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of money told down, and under a penalty if the girls were returned. 
