单词 | jointure |
例句 | Miss Lumley became Mrs. Sterne in due time, and brought to her husband a modest jointure, and another living at Stillington, so that he was now a pluralist, although far from rich. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Worse still, he refused to send her even a portion of her jointure. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z The Captain wished to have secured his Ellenor an ample competence, independent of himself: but she refused the jointure, telling him, with a smile, she would not be restricted to a part of his fortune. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z By the way, Uncle Chat has just written rather a stupid letter about my mother's jointure. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z He has treated the subject topically, but there is a general progression throughout, and the endeavour has been to find a natural jointure of chapter to chapter and era to era. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Marguerite, on his death, was left with a jointure in his estate—which estate by this time had dwindled to fifty thousand dollars per annum. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z This was true; my mother's jointure was small, and though we lived in ease, it was by the exercise of an economy rigidly enforced and minutely developed. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z To Joseph he left two thousand pounds; and the estate in Cornwall, to my mother, in addition to her jointure. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z Uncle Chat was very penitent for his behavior over the jointure, and he now insisted that the money Dorothy had shared with her mother-in-law should be returned to her. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z And no better prospect when my lord dies than a poor jointure and a dull Dower House.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z He resolved to commit the management of his property to trustees, who, after paying his mother's jointure, were to devote the whole of the rest of the rents to the reduction of debt. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z He has obliged her to give up all her jointure, so she has now no dependance. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z Unbind strand by strand the hair of thy charming idol, before the jointure of thy frame itself is loosed. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Oh, of course her jointure will be paid. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z I fear the heaviest burden will fall on your shoulders; we shall have to cut down expenses, and there's the future—— Well, I'm thankful you have your small jointure. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z The Isle of Ely was her jointure from her first husband. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z In disposing of his wife's jointure, part of which was connected with an estate of Squaretoes, the affair has consequently reached his ears, and he is all fury upon the occasion. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z Alone, she lives in her little jointure house at Kenilworth, white-haired, feeble, full of bitterness of spirit. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Dowager, dow′a-jėr, n. a widow with a dower or jointure: a title given to a widow to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Where are the papers concerning the jointure I have heard you speak of? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z With a hammer he strikes a chisel which he applied to the jointure of the manacles and these drop from Joan's sore wrists. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z I would not for the world accept the whole of your jointure. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z I will write a contract, secure the jointure, to which I will add a bequest; and let there be silence for the time. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The jointure assigned by it to the Queen, provided her husband died King of France, is 60,000 livres, or a greater sum, if a greater had ever been given to a Queen of France. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z This lady was the relict or widow of a gentleman of a good estate, and of a very good family, whose name was Digby, and a handsome jointure she had out of the estate. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z "Of course I am," said the old lady: "Think of the Lexicon!" which I had in truth forgotten for the moment, as well as the comfortable addition which it no doubt made to her jointure. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The writings are preparing, to dispose of an estate which was settled on me; it brings in at present five hundred a year; which I find is but a quarter of my jointure. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z As in the growth of a stalk of corn, each section makes a close jointure with the next below it as well as with the next above it, so is it in any individual career. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Should her husband die, Mary was to be at liberty either to remain in France or return to Scotland, with an assurance that her jointure would be always duly paid her. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Now then all that remained to be done was to foster the admiration she had inspired into a passion strong enough to induce the noble Viscount to settle that jointure upon her. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z It is six months since you were called in to attend that old lady, who has a large jointure and a predisposition to jaundice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z I have pictured to myself that in another eight or ten years I may be able to secure the affections of the relict of some respectable man who has left her with a snug jointure. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z Lady Flamborough, therefore, though of course banished from all tolerable society, still continued to be Lady Flamborough, and to enjoy a handsome jointure. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-04-06T02:00:04.340Z The likelihood is, that your mother's jointure will be the utmost we can save from the wreck. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Lord Mucklebury was a widower, with an only son very nobly provided for, and as capable of making a good jointure, if he married again, as a widow's heart could wish. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z You, of course, know all about the lovely young widow, with her immense jointure and splendid connections. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The estates, with all property, real and personal, excepting only her ladyship's ample jointure, pass to Colonel de Wynton of the Life Guards.' The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z A woman with a good jointure is a doosid deal easier a profession than the law, let me tell you. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z I can tell you, then: they have nothing left to live upon save his wife's jointure. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z In 1547 the bishop surrendered his rights to the king, and in the 17th century Biggleswade formed part of the jointure of the queens of England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Besides this, she made a will directing the distribution of a large jointure estate in England between her two children, coupling, with the bequest, a condition of forfeiture, if Mildred married without her father's approbation. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency I advised him to settle no jointure but her old stills and a box of instruments upon her. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Secondly, because my brothers were married, with large families, and I could not stomach the prospect of charging our estate with jointures, and of procreating a brood of little Gozzis, all paupers. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second It grazes the lower border of the Frank's buckler, and penetrates his knee just above the jointure. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century The acceptance of a jointure by the wife before marriage was, however, destructive of dower, if after marriage she was put to her election between it and dower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" What single portion, save the few hundreds a year of Lady Broughton's jointure, is not sunk under mortgage? Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas A scrivener to draw up jointures, a parson to make thy will, man. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Napoleon settled upon her a jointure of about six hundred thousand dollars a year. Josephine Makers of History As for the rest—well, there are such things as jointures and dowries. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons I have my jointure; I can live upon that. Under False Pretences A Novel The departures and arrivals of widows with handsome jointures, either to bury their grief in the country, or to procure a second husband in town, are punctually recorded in his pages. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Consider, he asks no portion, and yet will make a great jointure. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 He has only the estate, and that's in Essex; land going begging; worth nothing a year, encumbered up to the eyes, and loaded with first rent-charges, jointures, settlements. Miss Cayley's Adventures So skillfully is this done that it is impossible to detect the lines of jointure. Legends of the Wailuku If you hear, too, of a Welch widow, with a good jointure, that has her goings and is not very skittish, pray, be pleased to cast your eye on her for me, too. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges She was mortally afraid of offending Sir Thurstan, for she had no jointure or portion of her own, and was totally dependent upon his charity for a sustenance. In the Days of Drake And, for my part, but for the jest of winning you, and this way, not ten jointures should have made me marry. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 There were the marks of the jointures, the weldings that he himself had made. The Great Dome on Mercury She was entirely interested in his scientific pursuits, and the jointure which she brought removed all further anxiety about money affairs. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works He would make her a jointure of eighty pounds by the year, and he spendeth two hundred by the year and more. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Independently of the provision he made for her, my mother possessed a small jointure, a freehold estate in South Wales, bringing in, when the house is let, about a hundred and fifty pounds a year. The Dop Doctor Nay, can any woman be honest that let's such hodmandods crawl o'er her virgin breast and belly, or suffer 'em to leave their slimy paths upon their bodies only for jointures? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 I see no means," said Mordecai coolly, "except your making the purchase yourself, and thus securing the jointure to her ladyship. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 In fact, she was a lady of such birth, position, and jointure, that the young lawyer—rising man though he was—seemed a poor match for her. A Book About Lawyers To Earl Nelson and the heirs-male to whom the title of Earl Nelson shall descend, with power of settling jointures out of the annuity, at no time exceeding £3000 a year, £5000. A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect Lord Sandys gave or sold it to Henry VIII., and it formed part of the jointure of Queen Catherine Parr, who resided there for some time with her fourth husband, Lord Seymour. Chelsea The Fascination of London What does she want now, pray, but a jointure, to satisfy any honest man? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 I knew the writing: it was from my mother—on whom, now old and feeble, this accomplished roué had been urging the sale of her jointure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 To these qualms Francis North, with lawyer-like coolness, answered—"Madam, if you meet with any question about that, say that your daughter has £1000 per annum jointure." A Book About Lawyers Some record of how this old lady's jointure was provided for might yet be discovered, and the period of her decease thus ascertained. Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Rent was said to have risen 70 per cent. since 1792; but the landlords were often embarrassed, because their lands had too often been burdened with jointures, settlements, and mortgages during the war. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) What, the gay widow with a fat jointure? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 She may have claimed the widow's third, though the effect of her jointure was to disturb the law of dower. Shakespeare's Family The dowager's jointure is well enough, and she has the Abbey House and gardens for her life, but Violet will be sole mistress of the estate when she comes of age. Vixen, Volume I. Lady Sheerness was a widow; her jointure considerable; and her lord at his decease left her some thousand pounds in ready money. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue We must go," said her mother; "if we delay, Emilie loses her engagement, and how can we both live on my poor jointure? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 "Oh, for the matter of that, he fixed something on me before the wedding—a jointure, the advocates called it." Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon As to any provision for her, it must have taken the form of a settlement, a jointure, or a dower. Shakespeare's Family He left her with one son and a handsome jointure, with the full possession of Briarwood until her son's majority. Vixen, Volume I. Lady Melvyn's jointure was not great; Sir George, her eldest son, received but just sufficient out of his estate to maintain himself genteelly. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue He talked a long time of jointures, three per cents, India stock; and I—O youth! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 In compensation he received a reversion of the £400 a year, Lady Ralegh's Treasury allowance in place of jointure or dower from Sherborne. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography She retained the title of Empress, and received a jointure of about six hundred thousand dollars a year. Hortense Makers of History Series But paying the Rani's jointure—that was a bitter pill, I grant you. The Path to Honour The King then gave him Bushey; but it was found necessary to settle a jointure house on the Queen Dowager and Bushey was taken from him for this purpose. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) Now the house at Twickenham was the property of the present baronet, but Lady Ball had a jointure of five hundred a year out of her late husband's estate. Miss Mackenzie Madame Bathurst had a very large jointure, and could well afford to save up every year for Caroline, which she had done ever since she had taken charge of her, at seven years old. Valerie In the first place, she is a widow with a rich jointure.” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Having, by the adoption of Froidevaux, alienated the greater part of his fortune from his nephew's children, the baron is resolved to secure them the reversion of their grandmother's ample jointure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Shortly after the death of his first wife, Sir Reginald had made proposals to a dowager of distinction, with a handsome jointure, one of his early attachments, and was, without scruple, accepted. Rookwood The Princess of Wales had as yet received no jointure, and she and the prince were thus kept, as Frederick's friends insisted, in the condition of mere pensioners and dependants upon the royal bounty. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II They, of course, can still support and even better support, the expense; but the estates now yield but sufficient to pay the jointure, and the incumbent swallows up the whole. Olla Podrida He will make you a hundred and fifty pounds jointure. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] By suppressing pretended madhouses, where many of the fair sex are unjustly confin'd while their husbands keep mistresses, and many widows are lock'd up for the sake of their jointures. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He is over seventy, and, as he says himself, he will not burden the estate with a new jointure. Orley Farm The Forest of Exmoor was part of the jointure of several Queens of England. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts And why so? because they belong to the widows of those who died in the times of plenty, and who left them large jointures upon their estates. Olla Podrida A good jointure to his mother was chargeable on the property, and this was an excuse on all occasions for the Squire's dilatory payment in other quarters. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes His third hand gripped the orange throat, his fourth was exerting tremendous force against the jointure of neck and body. The Galaxy Primes That Evelyn was now fairly well off is evident from the terms of the jointure and marriage contracts then made. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees The Queen Dowager was secluded in Bermondsey Abbey and deprived of her jointure lands. Henry VIII. The brother of his bosom made him a bankrupt—and for a year the jointure of his widow-mother was unpaid. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Ludlow, by way of insult, mentions the great accession which he would receive to his royal revenues upon his mother's death, who possessed a jointure of sixty pounds a year upon his estate. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell You may well come down lightly on my faults, Madam; they have made you the mistress of Ashpound in the present, and won for you its widow's jointure in the future. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Mrs. Gibbon's jointure is secured on the Buriton estate, and her legal consent is requisite for the sale. Gibbon The money would come back,—together with the stipulated jointure,—and there could no longer be any question of return. Phineas Redux The remains of my father's vast fortune was a jointure of a thousand pounds a year, settled on my mother, and, after her death, on me. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The learned counsel asks, with an air of triumph, whether these ladies possessed these treasures by jointure, dower, will, or settlement. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) There is no right to deduct poor's rates, land tax, or other burdens affecting land, from mortgages, or even jointure holders, unless they are expressly declared liable to such, which is very seldom the case. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 It should be remembered that her jointure, paid out of his father's decayed estate, was a great tax on his small income. Gibbon Mrs. Flood Jones was living modestly at Killaloe on her widow's jointure,—Floodborough having, to tell the truth, pretty nearly fallen into absolute ruin,—and with her one daughter, Mary. Phineas Finn The Irish Member Clergymen, may be, or lawyers from town, or half-pay officers, or widows with only a jointure; and what good can such people do to anybody? Memoir of Jane Austen Was it a deed of gift?—was it a devise?—was it donatio causâ mortis?—was it dower?—was it jointure?—what was it? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) He prosecuted his rights over Bigorre with characteristic pertinacity, and lawsuits about his wife's jointure from her first husband exacerbated his relations with Henry. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) It is settled upon the children; a jointure in proportion. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life You, son, were sent for over on purpose; the articles for her jointure are all concluded, and a friend of mine drew them. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 A Kerry gentleman had an estate of £1200 rent roll, with a mortgage of £8000 which involved charges of £400 a year, a jointure tithes and head rent took £400 more. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent My husband said the jointure was quite remarkable. What Necessity Knows It was specially small on account of his mother's jointure having to be paid out of the estate also. The Hoyden She would go away somewhere, and live as best she might upon her jointure. The Claverings After the magnificence of barrack life and the splendor of Hunsden Hall, I scarcely wonder she can not stoop to your mother's jointure house. The Baronet's Bride Sir Edward and Lady Elizabeth went to law about her jointure. The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck A Scandal of the XVIIth Century She had of late looked chiefly to her jointure for all the luxuries which were so necessary to her life. Doctor Claudius, A True Story She was a very beautiful woman, with a large jointure, and she was obviously in love with him. Red Pottage Ah! what a grand thing it would have been if the Clavering property and Lady Ongar’s jointure could have gone together! The Claverings The Grange, the jointure house of the Dowager Lady Kingsland, stood, like all such places, isolated and alone, at the furthest extremity of the village. The Baronet's Bride It puzzles me to see how the English mother-in-law, who is a grum-voiced, dogmatic and belligerent person with a jointure to bequeath, came to be engrafted on our literature. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 It was known that mortgages, jointures, legacies, and debts of all kinds had reduced the Marquis's income to a minimum, and that he stood in urgent need of a little ready money. Muslin Capital sums are paid in full; jointures and other life charges are valued according to the usual tables. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question But Lady Ongar, with her large jointure, and with no external expenses whatever, could afford this delight without imprudence. The Claverings My jointure house is to be fitted up. The Baronet's Bride It was not long before he passed over to the majority, leaving his fascinating widow with a substantial jointure on his property. The Portland Peerage Romance In these years of prolific literary labour she was able to double her jointure, and to maintain much of the splendour to which she had become so accustomed. Love Romances of the Aristocracy He dropped to his knees, ran his fingers into an aperture between two stones and made a jointure of two wire ends. The Last Shot What a jointure she has! and what a park! The Claverings My lady, in sullen dignity, took her daughter and went straight to her jointure house at the other extremity of the village. The Baronet's Bride Lady Brougham brought no property to her husband but her jointure of �1,500 a-year, and the house No. 5, Hill-street. The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction Volume 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831 Should you see the little bewitching Gipsy before I talk with you, who knows but you may be wise enough to make a larger jointure than you can afford? Barford Abbey After the Restoration he became Sec. to the Lord Pres. of Wales, and about the same time m. a Mrs. Herbert, a widow with a jointure, which, however, was lost. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Only think—it; after all, she were to give up her jointure! The Claverings In short, she is quite a common woman; has no fortune at all, as one may say, only a small jointure incumbered; and is much in debt. Pamela, Volume II The jointure of the arms at the shoulder looked feeble. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 She has no children, so she has taken the family in charge, patches up Sir Harry’s affairs with her jointure, and chaperons her sister.” The Three Brides When my mother's jointure is paid there is not a great deal left this year, it seems. The Reason Why She has a good jointure," said Laura; "she can afford to dress well. Fated to Be Free He could see now that he should have demanded her whole income, and have allowed her little or no jointure. Mr. Scarborough's Family Mr. Wycherley shewed this even in this last compliment, though, I think, his request a little hard; for why should he bar her from doubling her jointure on the same easy terms.' The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. They hardened themselves to the discussion, Mrs. Poynsett explaining what she thought the due of her eldest son, only that Cecil’s jointure would diminish the amount at her disposal. The Three Brides The jointure was soon settled by the intervention of friends, and the day came in which Miss Gentle was made mine for ever. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler He did not want his wife stript of her jointure, or his children, if he had any, left without bread. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 "And four hundred pounds is the sum fixed on for her jointure." Mr. Scarborough's Family No will having been made in favour of the second son, all Mr. Pickle's property, amounting to more than £80,000, fell to Peregrine, the widow being entitled to a jointure of £500 a year. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements have no place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to express them in their language. Gulliver's Travels The family are not wealthy—they're poor, indeed—and she lives upon a small jointure; but if you come to blood, Sir!' Dombey and Son Her jointure ought to be according to her portion; but what fortune does she bring you?' The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders She seems to have forfeited her jointure by the marriage, and to have brought her husband nothing but the occupancy of Holland House at Kensington. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Ay, of a snail; for though he comes slowly, he carries his house on his head- a better jointure, I think, than you make a woman; besides, he brings his destiny with him. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare He had quite slept off what he would have called the nonsense of last night, and was very keen upon settlements, consols, mortgages, jointures, and all that dry but momentous lore. Wylder's Hand Mothers in Lady Coryston's position, when their husbands expire, generally retire to a dower-house, on a jointure; leaving their former splendors—the family mansion and the family income—behind them. The Coryston Family A Novel Put the mixture into the shell of the cocoanut, using the cut-off top as a cover, and close tightly with a covering of paste around the jointure to keep in the flavors. Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. "But if my Lady Rackrent dies, there's an end of all jointure," says Jason. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 There is little peace in the land, for the kings are for ever quarrelling over their jointures; but it seems that Harald Greyfell is having the upper hand over his brothers. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age "You will do me the favour, mother, to accept of this addition to your jointure," said he. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 But then out of this he had to pay Mr. Powell's composition, reduced to 130 l. on Milton's petition, and the widow's jointure, computed at 26 l. Milton The next day they settled the matter of dowry, jointure, the widow's portion, and so on, and de Puysange returned to render his report at Marly. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes "It's a fair speculation, then, for you to consider what the chance of the jointure on those lands, when out of custodiam, will be to you." Tales and Novels — Volume 04 I know what you would say, a handsome settlement,—a well-secured jointure, and all that. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Mrs. Dutton's jointure is nothing nearly so large as mine was, even before the addition to it which my son so handsomely, and indeed unexpectedly, made to it this morning. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 The rents only sufficed to pay the charges and the widow's jointure. Esther Waters A younger son, he had, at his mother's death, when he was three and twenty, come in for the small estate at Crawley, which had been her jointure. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret She had a fine jointure settled upon her, and took herself away to the great joy of the tenantry. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 What is the use of a coronet with the jointure of a tradesman's wife?—how many of them are richer than we are? The Virginians And I am confident he will make my jointure every thing, and more than every thing, I could desire. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 There is scarcely any power to sell land, for it is everywhere hedged round with entails, jointures, and marriage settlements, that fetter and enslave its owner. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished Instead of being the mistress of castles and palaces, with princely means, and all the splendid accidents of life at her command, she was now a dowager with a jointure! Endymion I have it from Alban Morley: immense fortune; and so young-looking, any girl might fall in love with such eyes and forehead; besides, what a jointure he could settle!... What Will He Do with It? — Complete No. I am of Colonel Lambert's opinion; and, if she brought all Cumberland to you for a jointure, I should say it was my James's due. The Virginians I have it from Alban Morley: immense fortune; and so young-looking, any girl might fall in love with such eyes and forehead; besides, what a jointure he could settle! What Will He Do with It? — Volume 06 And in the next year we discover,— "Died, on Wednesday last, at her jointure house, Putney, in her sixty- eighth year, the amiable and elegant Lady Copperas, relict of the late Sir Nicholas, Knt." The Disowned — Volume 08 One of the lies about London this season was founded on the extent of Lady Eustace's jointure. The Eustace Diamonds A woman with a good jointure is a doosid deal easier a profession than the law, let me tell you that. The History of Pendennis For the rest you have your jointure as my widow; and my grandmother's large fortune, which descended to me, I have bequeathed to you in my will. A Terrible Secret He consents, 'that the jointure be made from my own estate.' Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 He is not troubled with making of jointures; he can divorce himself without the fee of a proctor, nor fears he the cruelty of overseers of his will. Character Writings of the 17th Century She's very young, has a noble jointure, and is as handsome as she can stand. The Eustace Diamonds Hilda had not noticed the thin ribbon almost concealed in the jointure of the pages. Hilda Lessways His estate went to Lord Somerville in Scotland, but his mother, who lived to a great age, had a jointure of £600. The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan But, sir, if you give your daughter so large a dowry, you'll have some part of his land conveyed to her by jointure? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 He wooeth by a particular, and his strongest argument is all about the jointure. Character Writings of the 17th Century Indeed, the lie went on to state that the jointure was more than a jointure. The Eustace Diamonds "If our sister-in-law remarries," said Miss Crewys, "she forfeits the whole of her jointure." Peter's Mother The Duchess had previously relinquished her German jointure, and the English settlement on her was inadequate, especially if it were to be cumbered with the discharge of any of her husband's personal debts. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Her jointure amounted to eight hundred pounds per annum, and she made shift to spend four times that sum. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves The largest jointure moves her not, titles of honour cannot sway her. Character Writings of the 17th Century He had tried to explain that as the lady brought no money into the family she was not entitled to such a jointure as Sir Florian was determined to lavish upon her. The Eustace Diamonds No man with any self-respect," said Lady Belstone, "would desire to marry a widow without a jointure. Peter's Mother There was much characteristic haggling over dower and jointure, matters in which the Tudors always drove the hardest bargain they could. England under the Tudors A jointure had to be paid Lady Shelley of £500 a year. Mrs. Shelley He felt the jointure with his feet—some renewal or stoppage of the timber. Red Fleece And, among 'em all, I don't get much above half what I ought to have out of my jointure. The Eustace Diamonds "I came to this country in her train," said the franklin; "and the care of some of her jointure lands, which she devolved on me, occasioned my settling here." Waverley "She's got some sort of a jointure, I suppose," said one. Castle Richmond The estate was confiscated to the Inquisition, and a small jointure allowed out of it to the widow. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal But then, brother, says he further, if this marriage should happen, would you expect that my son should settle a jointure on your daughter? The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 You'll have to give up half your jointure for your life. The Eustace Diamonds I began to be of the same opinion;—but then there was the jointure. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 4 She has left every thing in her power to her friend Cavalier Mozzi, at Florence; but her son comes into a large estate, besides her great jointure. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Of course, I should take care to have your present income—five thousand a year—settled on her, in the shape of jointure; and I'm sure that would be treating her handsomely. The Kellys and the O'Kellys She complained of her husband, of her poverty, of the bad faith of the Scottish nation who still left her jointure unpaid, of not being allowed free access to her son. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries Mr. Camperdown opined that she must pay for the lost diamonds out of her jointure. The Eustace Diamonds Else why should he, as is well known, favor the jointure of New Mexico and Arizona into one State? Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales They marry wives with perhaps 300 pounds to 1,000 pounds portion, and can settle no jointure upon them. An Essay Upon Projects His marriage with Lady Marney was quite an affair of the heart; her considerable jointure however did not diminish the lustre of his position. Sybil, or the Two Nations Lo you here The marriage deeds filled up, except a blank To write your jointure. The Hunchback Mrs. Hare must have her jointure house elsewhere, for we shall want the Grove for ourselves. East Lynne She is quite above thinking of a settlement, jointure, or pin-money. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners But her husband had risen in the world—as has been told in those chronicles before mentioned,—and his widow was now Lady Scatcherd with a pretty cottage and a good jointure. Framley Parsonage My mother ought to take it into consideration and reduce her jointure accordingly. Sybil, or the Two Nations The dowager retired to Scotland with a large jointure and a wondrous heap of savings. The Fitz-Boodle Papers She had no cause to love that man who had never loved her, never loved aught of hers beyond her jointure. The Lion's Skin You, young woman, may sell yourself without shame, and marry old Croesus; you, young man, may lie away your heart and your life for a jointure. The Book of Snobs Do you consider she keeps you out of a good jointure? History of John Bull "I am obliged to pay my mother her jointure, whether ricks are burnt or not," said Lord Marney. Sybil, or the Two Nations I wish him well, for the jointure given To my lady of Carabas. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 If James and his Queen would take up their abode there, no difficulties would be made about the jointure. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 She must have a handsome jointure; but what are your grounds?' The Heir of Redclyffe Though I don't take all her advice, I won't seize her jointure; long may she enjoy it, good woman; I don't grudge it her. History of John Bull Wandering gusts laden with the deep resinous odors of the wood found their way through the imperfect jointure of the two cabins, swept her cheek and even stirred her long, wide-open lashes. Devil's Ford She enjoys a jointure of five hundred pounds a-year, and makes shift to spend three times that sum. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker It was determined that nothing should be said in the treaty, either about the place where the banished King of England should reside, or about the jointure of his Queen. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Four hundred a year jointure; a farm at Slopperton, sir; three houses at Squashtail; and three thousand two hundred loose cash at the banker’s, as I happen to know, sir,—that’s all.” The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond The elder lady has her jointure, and the younger is in possession of all her father's fortune. Armadale A woman may not have both a jointure and dower of her husband's land. Our Legal Heritage O brother Montague, give me thy hand: This is my daughter's jointure, for no more Can I demand. Romeo and Juliet Lewis, on the other side, demanded, first, that a general amnesty should be granted to the Jacobites; and secondly, that Mary of Modena should receive her jointure of fifty thousand pounds a year. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Then, Warwick, thus: our sister shall be Edward's; And now forthwith shall articles be drawn Touching the jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall be counterpois'd.— King Henry VI, Part 3 My lady had a fine jointure settled upon her, and took herself away, to the great joy of the tenantry. Castle Rackrent Was it the prospect of early widowhood, the hope of a jointure, or that of bearing a name promised to history, which made the soldiers so attractive? Domestic Peace Kate, who was really a surprising lassie for her years, was taken off her mother's hands by the old Lady Macadam, that lived in her jointure house, which is now the Cross Keys Inn. The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder She was, at the time when she met with her misfortune, in the service of Mrs Dalrymple, a colonel’s widow, that came out of the army and settled among us on her jointure. The Provost I have ordered my lawyer to draw up writings of settlement and jointure—all shall be done to-night. Love for Love: a Comedy Then you can quit your house, leaving your jewels and giving up your jointure, and every one's mouth will be filled with praises of your disinterestedness. The Count of Monte Cristo —What an unconscionable jointure, my dear, do we pay out of this small estate of ours, quoth my grandmother to my grandfather. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Odd, madam, I'll love you as long as I live, and leave you a good jointure when I die. Love for Love: a Comedy |
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