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... of courtship , and all the de- lights of hope and love , are lost to her . Nay , after she becomes a wife , she is excluded from the society of all her male relations , with the exception of father , ( 33 ) Courtship and Matrimony,
... of courtship , and all the de- lights of hope and love , are lost to her . Nay , after she becomes a wife , she is excluded from the society of all her male relations , with the exception of father , ( 33 ) Courtship and Matrimony,
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... wives are all bought- neither party most deeply interested having any say in the matter at the time of entering into the contract . Our Indians have a much more rational system . Mr. Murray tells us that among the Pawnees , when the ...
... wives are all bought- neither party most deeply interested having any say in the matter at the time of entering into the contract . Our Indians have a much more rational system . Mr. Murray tells us that among the Pawnees , when the ...
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... wife- who looks upon her as the model of womankind , fault- less as well in person as in mind— " One made up Of loveliness alone . " What matters it to him that the world does not con- cur in his estimate , or that his neighbor holds a ...
... wife- who looks upon her as the model of womankind , fault- less as well in person as in mind— " One made up Of loveliness alone . " What matters it to him that the world does not con- cur in his estimate , or that his neighbor holds a ...
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... wife : nay , with far more force to the former , who must seek to betray - by assuming a mask deep and subtle , and , from his relative position in society , far more culpable than that which sometimes conceals the guile of the gentler ...
... wife : nay , with far more force to the former , who must seek to betray - by assuming a mask deep and subtle , and , from his relative position in society , far more culpable than that which sometimes conceals the guile of the gentler ...
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... not more than fourteen years of age . Some days after the wedding , the bride was conducted to the home of her husband , and was not called a wife until that time . This was done with much ceremony COURTSHIP AND MATRIMONY . 39.
... not more than fourteen years of age . Some days after the wedding , the bride was conducted to the home of her husband , and was not called a wife until that time . This was done with much ceremony COURTSHIP AND MATRIMONY . 39.
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