Marriage Rites: Customs, and Ceremonies, of the Nations of the UniverseJ. Robins and Company Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, 1824 - 400 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 13
... carried on between the lovers by means of the flowers of a nosegay . Such means are indeed possible , and so are a thousand others , which have been , and no doubt are , daily resorted to in Constantinople , as in every populous and ...
... carried on between the lovers by means of the flowers of a nosegay . Such means are indeed possible , and so are a thousand others , which have been , and no doubt are , daily resorted to in Constantinople , as in every populous and ...
Σελίδα 15
... carrying water or burthens , sits at home bedecked with jewels , or goes out as her fancy directs , and the fruits of his labour are appropriated to her use . In great houses , the wives of the Turks , who compose the train of a Turkish ...
... carrying water or burthens , sits at home bedecked with jewels , or goes out as her fancy directs , and the fruits of his labour are appropriated to her use . In great houses , the wives of the Turks , who compose the train of a Turkish ...
Σελίδα 17
... carry the Signior's wives , are manned with twenty - four rowers , and have white covered tilts , shut alternately by venetian blinds . Among the Sultan's attendants are a number of mutes , who act and converse by signs with great ...
... carry the Signior's wives , are manned with twenty - four rowers , and have white covered tilts , shut alternately by venetian blinds . Among the Sultan's attendants are a number of mutes , who act and converse by signs with great ...
Σελίδα 50
... carry the child and its parents before the Cadi , and then declare they receive it for their heir . The parents , at the same time , renounce all future claim to it ; a writing is drawn and wit- nessed , and a child , thus adopted ...
... carry the child and its parents before the Cadi , and then declare they receive it for their heir . The parents , at the same time , renounce all future claim to it ; a writing is drawn and wit- nessed , and a child , thus adopted ...
Σελίδα 63
... carried a sieve , the bride her- self carrying a vessel wherein was parched barley , to shew her readiness to attend to household af- fairs . The bride was usually conducted in a cha- riot from her father's to her husband's house in the ...
... carried a sieve , the bride her- self carrying a vessel wherein was parched barley , to shew her readiness to attend to household af- fairs . The bride was usually conducted in a cha- riot from her father's to her husband's house in the ...
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Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of the Nations of the Universe Augusta Hamilton Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 1824 |
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Σελίδα 147 - With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
Σελίδα 143 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Σελίδα 4 - Her fair maids were ranged below the sofa, to the number of twenty, and put me in mind of the pictures of the ancient nymphs. I did not think all nature could have furnished such a scene of beauty.
Σελίδα 3 - I was so struck with admiration, that I could not for some time speak to her, being wholly taken up in gazing. That surprising harmony of features! that charming result of the whole! that exact proportion of body ! that lovely bloom of complexion unsullied by art! the unutterable enchantment of her smile! But her eyes ! large and black, with all the soft languishment of the blue ! every turn of her face discovering some new grace.
Σελίδα 3 - ... beautiful, would not be agreeable ; nature having done for her with more success, what Apelles is said to have essayed, by a collection of the most exact features, to form a perfect face.
Σελίδα 2 - ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the...
Σελίδα 3 - Add to all this a behaviour so full of grace and sweetness, such easy motions, with an air so majestic, yet free from stiffness or affectation, that I am persuaded, could she be suddenly transported upon the most polite throne of Europe, nobody would think her other than born and bred to be a queen, though educated in a country vo call barbarous.
Σελίδα 8 - Tis impossible for the most jealous husband to know his wife when he meets her ; and no man dare touch or follow a woman in the street. This perpetual masquerade gives them entire liberty of following their inclinations without danger of discovery. The most usual method of intrigue...
Σελίδα 4 - ... diamonds; upon her head a rich Turkish handkerchief of pink and silver, her own fine black hair hanging a great length in various tresses, and on one side of her head some bodkins of jewels. I am afraid you will accuse me of extravagance in this description.
Σελίδα 1 - Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young beauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light damasks, brocaded with silver.