 | Edmund Burke - 1768 - 642 էջ
...lefs againft foreigners. They hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation ; iubeing cuf. tomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men...and more efpecially their princes and nobles, gave themîclvcs up to exceffive lewdnefs ; but were remarkably temperate in eating and drinking, conftantly... | |
 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1768 - 710 էջ
...own 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... | |
 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 էջ
...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 - 1774 - 668 էջ
...of Wales, fays, that formerly they hardly «ver 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. This I believe to be a miftake. It is more... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 540 էջ
...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 upon trial, for a fum of money told down, and under a penalty if the girls were returned. This I believe to be a miflake. It is more... | |
 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1777 - 534 էջ
...married without a prior cohabitation ; it being cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters tb young men upon trial, for a fum of money paid down, and under a pe* nalty, agreed upon between them, if the girls were returned. The people in general, and more efpecially... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1778 - 484 էջ
...of 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. This I believe to be a miftake. It is more... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1778 - 506 էջ
...of 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. This I believe to be a miftake. It is more... | |
 | 1800 - 594 էջ
...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...and nobles, gave themfelves up to exceffive lewdnefs ; but were remarkably temperate in eating and drinking, confta^itly fafting till evening, and then... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 600 էջ
...countrymen, touch lefs againft foreigners. They hardly ever married without a pricrr cohabitation ; it bein£ cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to...princes and nobles, gave themfelves up to exceffive lewdnefi ; but were remarkably temperate in eating rind drinking, conftantly fafting till evening,... | |
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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. 
