Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of All Nations of the UniverseChapple and son [etc.] and E. Barrett, Bath, 1822 - 400 σελίδες |
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... seldom practised , is permitted , namely , a contract to live together for a certain time , called Kapin , specifying the conditions of separation , and the father's provisions for the chil- dren . --- The Turkish laws forbid maids and ...
... seldom practised , is permitted , namely , a contract to live together for a certain time , called Kapin , specifying the conditions of separation , and the father's provisions for the chil- dren . --- The Turkish laws forbid maids and ...
Σελίδα 28
... seldom let their gallants know who they are ; and so difficult is it to find out , that they but very seldom can guess at her name , though they may have corresponded together for above half a year . You may easily imagine the number of ...
... seldom let their gallants know who they are ; and so difficult is it to find out , that they but very seldom can guess at her name , though they may have corresponded together for above half a year . You may easily imagine the number of ...
Σελίδα 52
... seldom rich enough to maintain any considerable Harem till he obtains lucrative employment , but even here he is compelled to live wholly with men , as he can enjoy no other female society than that of his own household . In depre ...
... seldom rich enough to maintain any considerable Harem till he obtains lucrative employment , but even here he is compelled to live wholly with men , as he can enjoy no other female society than that of his own household . In depre ...
Σελίδα 109
... seldom or never jealous , When the women go abroad they veil their faces . and if they meet a man , and cannot get out of the way , they turn their back to him till he has passed by . Though the very attempt to procure abor- } tion is ...
... seldom or never jealous , When the women go abroad they veil their faces . and if they meet a man , and cannot get out of the way , they turn their back to him till he has passed by . Though the very attempt to procure abor- } tion is ...
Σελίδα 122
... seldom bestow any pains in ornament- ing themselves . The settled Koreki are quite the reverse ; they always , when one man visits another , present their wife or daughter for him to lie with . The marriage ceremony of both is as ...
... seldom bestow any pains in ornament- ing themselves . The settled Koreki are quite the reverse ; they always , when one man visits another , present their wife or daughter for him to lie with . The marriage ceremony of both is as ...
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adultery allowed amuse appear attended band bath beauty bride bridegroom cere charms chastity chief child church Circassians cloth cohabit concubinage concubines conduct conjugal consanguinity consent Constantinople couple Cusco custom dancing daugh daughter death divorce domestic door dress entertainment eunuchs European eyes father feast female frequently friends girls give grace Greek hair hands harem head honor husband Indian infant inhabitants island kind ladies live lover male manner marriage marriage ceremony married couple marry Matonabbee ment mistress mother natives neral never night nuptial obliged ornament parents parties passion permitted Persians persons Peyrouse Plutarch polygamy Powhatan present priest punished rank relations respect riage round savage says seldom seraglio Shawanese singular sister skin slaves sometimes strangers tion tribes Turkey Turkish Turks veil virgin wear wedding widow wife wives woman young women
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Σελίδα 173 - With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
Σελίδα 169 - 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 21 - ... 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.
Σελίδα 23 - 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 22 - ... 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 28 - 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 24 - For my part, I am not ashamed to own I took more pleasure in looking on the beauteous Fatima, than the finest piece of sculpture could have given me.
Σελίδα 22 - ... pavilion, built round with gilded sashes, which were most of them thrown up, and the trees planted near them gave an agreeable shade, which hindered the sun from being troublesome. The jessamines and honeysuckles that twisted round their trunks...
Σελίδα 28 - ... indiscretion, since we see so many have the courage to expose themselves to that in this world, and all the threatened punishment of the next, which is never preached to the Turkish damsels. Neither have they much to apprehend from the resentment of their husbands ; those ladies that are rich having all their money in their own hands.
Σελίδα 25 - Tis certain they have very fine natural voices ; these were very agreeable. When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the air with amber, aloes- wood, and other scents.