| 单词 | marriageable |
| 例句 | Thus they were not the least surprised when their visitor asked if they had any daughters of marriageable age and condition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do we feel that promoting marriage will solve the problem when there are so few marriageable men?” asked William Julius Wilson, professor of sociology and social policy at Harvard. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “But,” the duke went on, “with a son of marriageable age, she’s busy.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She is fourteen years old, so she is of marriageable age, and I suspect we will have a wedding before too long. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was a disgrace that as the girls grew older and even to marriageable age they still ran about the village street and left uncombed their rough sunbrowned hair, and sometimes even talked to men. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “They will be in different social settings and be exposed to more marriageable men.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And yet she could see her two daughters, two spinsters beyond the marriageable age; they were at least twenty-five. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z All ladies of noble blood, all of marriageable age. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There were few, if any, marriageable white women, and as a result, the overwhelming majority of white men in the West Indies had black or brown mistresses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z From Sunday to Sunday, as in the house in Bithynios, a parade of marriageable girls came through the front door of Hurlbut. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If a marriageable son belonged to the family where she boarded a proposal was automatic; if there was more than one claimant, vicious fights occurred over her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In their surprise they forgot that Mr Coldfield had a marriageable daughter. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I made myself unsellable here, my parents need only wait until China, and there, where anything happens, they would be able to unload us, even me—sellable, marriageable. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Consider “Pride and Prejudice,” the story of five marriageable young women that brims with the promise of physical and intellectual attraction. In Jane Austen’s Pages, Death Has No Dominion 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Legend has it, Rome faced a shortage of marriageable women after it was founded or perhaps sought an alliance with a nearby warlike tribe, the Sabines. Kennedy unveils Picasso painting at JFK Library 2012-10-04T23:04:08Z Hale lectures Ernest that the only way he will be successful in this town is if he builds a connection to the Osage people — specifically the single, marriageable Osage women. “Killers of the Flower Moon’s” central love story illustrates the pitfalls of interracial dating 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z That version isn't about a lifetime without men or even about the lack of marriageable partners, she clarifies near the end of her book. In 'Spinster,' Kate Bolick explores making a life of her own 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z She was three months shy of fifteen years old; young, but of marriageable age. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z Blacks Need to Reinvent Marriage Dalton Conley, sociologist The dearth of 'marriageable' black men assumes that marital roles are inflexible, and that blacks only marry blacks. Room for Debate: Black Men for Black Women? 2011-12-21T00:06:22Z But the heroes of “The Beaux’ Stratagem” – two well-mannered but stone-broke gentlemen in search of marriageable heiresses – are far more respectful of the opposite sex than the love-‘em-and-leave-‘em 007 usually is. London Theater Journal: Getting Giddy 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Enjoying life is a mantra—to make ourselves appear enjoyable, marriageable, or merely as good guys. Gobsmacked 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Their story “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,” rehabilitates Mary, the nerdiest, least marriageable Bennet sister, as a romantic heroine in her own right. The 99-Seat Beat: Holiday theater to get you in the spirit, from Jane Austen to Chico's Angels 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Parmigianino’s intriguing painting of an unknown woman includes the hallmarks of a marriageable young woman: She is elegantly dressed, revealing a tasteful amount of unblemished skin. SAM’s ‘Flesh and Blood’ exhibit depicts desire, violence and more using the artistic vessel of the human body 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z And nearby, “The Ladies Waldegrave,” by the renowned British portrait painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, advertises the charms of three marriageable sisters, all grandnieces of the writer Horace Walpole. Masterpieces From Scotland Visit the Frick 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z I was told that writing would be the end of me, the end of my marriageable reputation. Confessions of a rabbi’s wife: “I wanted to hide behind a husband and a wig” 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Mother is strict, a domestic martyr determined to transform Meta from a tomboy into a marriageable demoiselle. Nowhere Ending Sky by Marlen Haushofer – review 2013-07-13T07:30:01Z He was fortunate that a show came along with many roles he was bred to play: “Fiddler on the Roof,” the musical story of Tevye, the harried shtetl milkman plagued with marriageable daughters. Fyvush Finkel, Pillar of Yiddish Theater, Dies at 93 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z That reflects in part the fierce competition among young women for marriageable men after the 1980s war with Iraq, in which 400,000 Iranian men died. The Saturday Profile: An Iranian Filmmaker Tiptoes Around the Censors to Explore Risky Subjects 2011-05-07T01:56:05Z This is a deeply reported book, and Collins turns up some fascinating details: On Plymouth Rock, for example, women were considered marriageable so long as they were under 50. 18 New Books to Watch For in October 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Mauritania was once notorious for the custom of brutally force-feeding young girls to make them more marriageable — a practice referred to as gavage, taken from the French term for force-feeding geese to produce foie gras. In Poorer Countries, Obesity Can Signal Financial Security 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z In India, the legal marriageable age is 21 for men and 18 for women. Indian police nab over 2,000 men for illegal child marriages 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z As I entered my marriageable years, I was introduced to suitable men from Lima, Peru; Tenerife in the Canary Islands; Paramaribo, Suriname; and Accra, Ghana. L.A. Affairs: Mom said, ‘When love calls, go.’ So I traveled 7,260 miles for a first date 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z In freewheeling of California, New York, Florida, and 16 other states, the person with whom you share a set of grandparents is completely fair marriageable game. So... is it OK to marry your cousin or what? 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z By stringing Herrick along, Chrane had “prevented him from paying court to other eligible and marriageable ladies.” Perspective | In the 1920s, America was transfixed by the showgirl and the congressman 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Sometimes such near-misses are carefully calibrated, as in “Sense and Sensibility,” with its final felicitous swap of marriageable brothers. Review: You won't find a romance darker than Susie Yang's 'White Ivy' 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Lonely and troubled, they self-medicated with alcohol or drugs, and they accumulated criminal records that left them less employable and less marriageable. Opinion | Who Killed the Knapp Family? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Mexican migrants to the U.S. are predominantly young, single men, creating a scarcity of marriageable men in Mexican communities with high rates of outward migration. Humans Are Still Mating with Neandertals 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z She cared less that she was no longer considered marriageable than that she couldn’t go to school anymore, Kang said. Businesswoman recounts journey from South Korea to the US 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z She Stoops to Conquer A marriageable young woman sets her sights on a well-to-do Londoner in Oliver Goldsmith’s 19th century romantic comedy. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Sept. 30-Oct. 7: 'Oppenheimer,' 'Gloria' and more - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Sense and Sensibility South Coast Repertory’s 55th season opens with a delicious stage adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel about two marriageable sisters governed, respectively, by the head and by the heart. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Sept. 16-23: 'The Cake,' 'Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden' and more 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Now let this be the end of it, at least until one of William and Kate's kids hits a marriageable age. TV This Week, May 13-19: 'The Royal Wedding Live With Cord and Tish!' and more 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The men face more of a “marriage squeeze” than their fathers did, ie, a shortage of women of marriageable age from similar backgrounds. In China’s cities, young people with rural ties are angry 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Now Kumar is in his mid-30s, long past what is considered marriageable age in India, and is beginning to face a hard truth — that a wife and a family won’t happen for him. In China and India, there are 70 million more men than women. Here are the consequences. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Labor market changes made men less marriageable, they concluded. How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege? 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The result is failed futures, overincarceration, fewer marriageable males, broken homes, and schools challenged by fatherless children. Inside the Algorithm That Tries to Predict Gun Violence in Chicago 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The girl was almost two years shy of marriageable age, though, and so the wedding had to wait. How St. Augustine Invented Sex 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z By 2020, the government says, there will be 30m more men of marriageable age than women: six brides for seven brothers, in effect. In China’s cities, young people with rural ties are angry 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The biggest gap between men and women of marriageable age, defined here as 15 to 29, will come in the next few decades, as the babies of the past decade grow up. In China and India, there are 70 million more men than women. Here are the consequences. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Assuming his personal ad is true, he remains gainfully employed — a prerequisite to what Autor and his colleagues consider “marriageable.” Analysis | Trade with China might have ruined your love life 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Mozart's sister, whom conventional thinking prevented from continuing when she became "of marriageable age": she married a wealthy man, but her destitute brother, the genius, was too shy to ask her for help. Why Young Girls Don’t Think They Are Smart Enough 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Hemant would have been completely out of luck if he had not thought to try Karuna Das, who had two daughters of marriageable age. Young Rural Women in India Chase Big-City Dreams 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z But then he meets a second woman, yet another cousin, who is the ideal of the marriageable Chinese girl, “wealthy, practical, and smart”. Dream of the Red Chamber: a Chinese epic bursts into song 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z In January, a parliamentary committee dropped proposed legislation to increase the country's minimum marriageable age from 16 to 18, after the CII declared the move un-Islamic. Who are the Pakistani group proposing to 'lightly beat' women? - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z In response to a frequent lament by her female callers — the scarcity of marriageable men — Dr. Grant advised looking around, accepting the bad along with the good and, when necessary, taking swift curative action. Toni Grant, Therapist of the Airwaves, Dies at 73 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z But as Americans look to extend the hallmarks of family life to recently marriageable same-sex couples, the survey also shows a disassociation of marriage from family life. Americans warm to gay marriage, sour on marriage, study finds 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z For one, there is a smaller pool of "marriageable" men – those with steady, well-paying jobs -- now than there used to be, especially among those with lower education levels. For Richer, Not Poorer: Marriage and the Growing Class Divide 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Much as the death toll of WWI caused a shortage of marriageable men in the 1920s, today’s widening gender gap in college enrollment has created unequal numbers in the post-college dating pool. Hookup culture isn’t the real problem facing singles today. It’s math. 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The council has also been campaigning to lower the marriageable age to 12 and nine for males and females respectively, "provided there are visible signs of puberty". Who are the Pakistani group proposing to 'lightly beat' women? - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Now one in seven men of marriageable age lacks a potential partner. I don’t 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The neighborhood still has young children and their parents, as well as elderly people, but there are few single adults of marriageable age. Persecution Defines Life for Yemen’s Remaining Jews 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Parents are pressured to pay, in part, because children with medical degrees are more marriageable and command higher dowries. Journal Eyes Corruption in India’s Medical Schools 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z When there are plenty of marriageable men, dating culture emphasizes courtship and romance, and men generally must earn more to attract a wife. Hookup culture isn’t the real problem facing singles today. It’s math. 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z But successive governments have largely ignored that advice, so the minimum marriageable age in Pakistan has stayed at 16. Who are the Pakistani group proposing to 'lightly beat' women? - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z In many of the communities where FGM is prevalent, there is a belief that young girls are not marriageable without the procedure. Landmark Female Genital Mutilation Trial Begins in U.K. It is suggested that the marriageable age for men be reduced from 21 to 18 and for women from 18 to 16. Move to cut Bangladesh marriage age 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z One of their claims was that the girl was actually 17, and thus of marriageable age, not 10. Struggling to Keep Afghan Girl Safe After a Mullah Is Accused of Rape 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z A marriageable daughter can be a farmers’ biggest asset, bringing in a bride price and meaning one less mouth to feed. Nigeria girl among thousands of divorced children 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Men of marriageable age are confronted by a shrinking pool of potential female partners - and the competition to find a bride is fierce. On the prowl with China's 'love hunters' 2013-09-27T23:33:26Z According to official statistics, by the end of this decade there will be 24 million "leftover men" of marriageable age. China's number one matchmaker 2013-09-10T23:27:10Z The Middletons' wealth is what allowed them to place their daughter in a fancy school--and in the line of sight of extremely marriageable, and perhaps royal, young men. Royal Contradiction: U.K. Greets New Commoner King 2013-07-25T13:20:28Z Women get concerned that if their daughters don't have it, they will be excommunicated from society or they won't be marriageable. NHS help in repairing genital mutilation 2013-05-21T16:28:37Z As a result, villages have started trafficking “marriageable” women in from others states — even other countries. Sex (ratios) and the single girl 2013-01-16T22:57:00Z She did not say how old she was, but appeared younger than the marriageable age of 18. India Ink: Disbelief in Bihar Village of Man Accused in the Delhi Rape Case 2013-01-07T11:57:37Z “You get back to the question of how many marriageable men there are,” he said. Two Classes in America, Divided by ‘I Do’ 2012-07-15T01:15:39Z “For him to go from being that person to a marriageable, somewhat pleasant guy with his own children — that’s a very unlikely scenario,” he said. Psychiatrists Puzzled by Hernandez’s Confession in Etan Patz Case 2012-06-01T15:10:45Z They were independent and respected by their neighbours; they loved each other in a marriageable sort of way, and few couples had altogether more the appearance of comfort about them. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z Jane was by now grown up and marriageable according to the standards of the time and it is tantalising not to know the end of the dilemma. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z So that to ascertain the true birth rate the comparative number of married or marriageable women in the contrasted countries must be ascertained. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Failing the turning up of those two marriageable brothers, the Misses June and Wy were likely to be what Mrs. Briggs called "bad to suit." Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z But if she continues many terms in the school room, graded work will prove more advantageous, especially in the important matter of bringing the young woman into the company of marriageable young men. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Other houses in Elsinore, larger and more luxurious, were homelike enough, but too often were graced by marriageable daughters, who "showed their hand." Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z In fact, Abraham refused to do what countless Christian mothers of marriageable sons and daughters do without compunction. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z She had several children, three only that arrived at a marriageable age. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The only marriageable man in the town who did not gamble, get drunk and carouse in a way that made him ineligible to decent society, was the professor of the colored school. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Matrimony is a popular institution in Majorca, and when a damsel has reached a marriageable age an eligible suitor is rarely awanting. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Why, he has a marriageable daughter, so he has taken it into his head to make a son-in-law of me.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z But we are far from approving his idea of setting up a Matrimonial Bureau and bringing marriageable persons together. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z This good genius is always a gray-headed old man, with bright eyes and a soul of good-nature, and is, of course, invariably a bachelor—a delightful fiction which insures comfortable portions to the marriageable girls. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z On that day he was the envy of all the young men of marriageable age in the college. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The admirers of a marriageable girl wait for her outside the church door on Sunday. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Several others wanted dowries for their marriageable daughters. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z And he knew, too—jealously and angrily he knew it—that before long she would inevitably be led to the altar a third time; so extremely marriageable a woman would never lack for leaders. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z "A marriageable daughter is a heavy responsibility," said Mrs. Ratcliffe with a sigh. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Thus, statistics show that more than half the human beings born die from accidents or ailments before reaching marriageable age. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z But he was earning very little, had a marriageable sister, and wanted to wait a couple of years. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z A good student in high school, she graduated early and was then seen by others only as marriageable “and I thought they were right.” The Female Factor: New York Police Video Complicates Muslim Engagement Efforts 2012-02-14T12:20:08Z Oh, he said, "Has it escaped your observation, sir, that I still have two marriageable daughters?" Green Stockings A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-01-28T03:00:24.297Z The ratio between the number of illegitimate births, on the other hand, and marriageable men and women, especially of those who are yet unmarried, may afford a basis for valuable inferences. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The fact is you have left it so long that an ordinary girl of a marriageable age seems a child to you. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z The queen wore several red blankets, and her two marriageable daughters and young child were loaded with coloured beads, and covered with strips of rag. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The Three Princesses watch the Approach of the White-sailed Galley Years passed and at length the princesses became of marriageable age. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z When the girl came to marriageable age, the mother resolved to flee from the country with her, and thus avert her dreadful destiny. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z She who had reigned over a work-room, who had owned a husband and a marriageable daughter, who had commanded a maid-servant, who had driven in shilling cabs! The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z No answer reached me; but rumours ran around the city that I was now attempting to turn my old mother, my three marriageable sisters, my brother, his wife, and five innocent children into the streets. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z And so she grew up in this solitude, year by year, till she was of marriageable age, when she excelled all the maidens of her time for beauty. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The Court astrologers cast the nativities of the infants, and with many ominous warnings cautioned their father to keep strict guard over them when they arrived at a marriageable age. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z In ancient times marriageable women were the subjects of bargain and sale, and were more generally obtained by purchase than courtship. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Ambitious mothers throw their marriageable daughters at my head. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The mere conversation of the marriageable young has changed past belief. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z We are further told, where there is a widow or a marriageable girl in a house, it is necessary to be very careful not to remove the brands, as this drives away lovers. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z That a University degree has raised the marriageable value of a boy, there can be no doubt. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z In the mind of a fast young man wealth has a magical influence, which is sure to invest the possessor, if a marriageable young lady, however unattractive, with irresistible charms. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z If she is a woman who makes a profession of gallantry, or a marriageable girl, you ought certainly to refuse to have anything to do with her. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z All the mothers, all the fathers, and all the marriageable young girls envied Mathilde's luck. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z And what should she do with two daughters, who are almost grown up and will soon be marriageable? Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z Consulting his ministers on the subject, he said within himself he could not have a better match for his daughter, who was of marriageable age, than the late delinquent. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z If all marriageable men and women were but crystallized into happy families, earth would soon become a paradise. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z One day her father ordered a great feast to be given, and invited to it all the marriageable young men from far and near. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z The mothers of these days have, such a scent that they smell from afar the marriageable young men. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Clement, indeed, anxious for proof, remained thirty-four days at Marseilles, in the hope, it is said, of some visible evidence in his young relation, who at fourteen was marriageable. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Women with marriageable daughters sought him continually, and made their pursuit so obvious as to fill him with grave embarrassment. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z I only ask you for fifteen or sixteen years: my granddaughter will be marriageable early; she is fair and strong. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Or there was the yearly glimpse of the Branch, or Schooley's Mountain, and on rare occasions venturesome parents took their offspring to Hobuck for a fortnight—especially if they were marriageable daughters. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Soon there was not a man of marriageable age in all the three valleys who had not striven to conquer Wally and to wrest the kiss from her, but not one had succeeded. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z But when it was found that only three per cent, of the persons marriageable, did marry, the datum was found insufficient to afford sure results. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z She is now eighteen, and by our peasantry would be considered of a marriageable age; but oh! Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z He calls his square a “realm of girldom,” the proportion of the belles being very great over the marriageable young men, and therefore they watch with keen eyes for any new flirtations. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z And moreover all they who have marriageable children should give heed to it. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z The chief considerations in his favor were his personal character, his lack of power, and the circumstance of his possessing six marriageable daughters. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z There are no special initiatory rites for the youthful Fanti, only a short seclusion for girls when they reach the marriageable age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The arrival of fifteen young ladies, mostly marriageable, produced a flutter of excitement among the lonesome bachelors of the colony, and the services of Rev. S. T. Catlin were soon called into requisition. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The man you have only to whistle for, the passably acceptable man, safe, eligible, marriageable. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He is a favourite with his landlady, Mrs. Tope, and to mothers with marriageable daughters he must appear a very eligible young bachelor. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z He was not unobservant of the frequency of invitations to houses where there were daughters of marriageable age, and had often smiled quietly at the innocent manœuvres upon the part both of mothers and daughters. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z But she was of a marriageable age; why should she not marry, stay at home, and bring up children, like other women? Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z When she became of marriageable age she had many suitors, for she was beautiful and lovely in disposition. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z The "society" pictures in the papers and magazines represent the dismay of the British matron with marriageable daughters as she surveys the avatar of the American divinity and rival. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z They are usually men who have a very beautiful wife, a rich marriageable daughter, or a social position of which they are proud. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The wedding day arrived, and the church was filled with all the marriageable persons of the village, maids and bachelors; there was also present the clergyman’s wife, who is a strong advocate of matrimony. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Requirements for Marriage.—The marriageable age for men begins with twenty years, and for women with eighteen years. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z Railroads, and mines, and telegraphic companies rose and fell with the fluctuations of the market, and marriageable ladies might come one day to figure in the share list! Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Hiram Lewis was their nearest neighbor and had two daughters of marriageable age. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The marriageable maidens of William's neighborhood had in vain tried to attract the obdurate young farmer, who seemed to enjoy no other society than that of his uncle Newton and his wife. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z At that time there were few if any unmarried women in Utah that had arrived at the marriageable age. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z The minimum marriageable age for males and for females has not been fixed by statute. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z Now this village had many young men eager to please the girl, who carried manioc, for she was a chief's daughter, and she was, moreover, fourteen, a marriageable age. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z He was held to be one of the best matches in Gr�tz, wherefore he was exposed to persecution by all mothers blest with marriageable daughters. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z We knew a young gentleman living in a London suburb who bore an excellent character, had sufficient income, and was in every respect marriageable. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Of course the younger women were somewhat envious, as were likewise the mothers with marriageable daughters. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Marriage.—The law of Norway fixes 20 years as the minimum marriageable age for a man and 16 years for a woman. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z He usually suppresses everything in that direction which he owes to his good memory, as a learned marriageable girl will hold her tongue for fear of scaring away admirers. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The mothers of marriageable daughters discovered that he had a disagreeable disposition, and that it would be very difficult to live with him. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z So long as your thoughts are jostled by debts, duns, mortgages, and marriageable daughters, you 'll have no room for vows or irregular verbs! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z See how few marriageable gentlemen there are about here.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Age.—The marriageable age of males begins at the completion of their fourteenth year, and that of females at the completion of their twelfth year. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z To cook rice just right—not too soft nor too hard—is not an easy matter; it is considered an art every Japanese maiden of marriageable age must needs acquire. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Leonardo, I sent thee in my last a note as to marriageable girls, which had been sent me from Florence. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z A marriageable young lady lives there, so she concluded that I was in love.... Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Even so late as 1860, however, marriageable women were very scarce. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Marriage.—The marriageable age for males begins at 17 years and for females at 14 years of age. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z "Yes, but not of the marriageable quality," said the Lieutenant, speaking ex cathedra as one who had also been in the fair Irish girl's train. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z I have one fair daughter that has now reached marriageable age; she is of radiant beauty, and well versed in all the mysteries of our holy religion. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The women, after reaching the marriageable age, wore cotton skirts from waist to knee, and broad bands of gold beneath their breasts. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z Master Meyer's family joined us at the repast; there were three daughters, comely, and of marriageable age; and a son. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Marriage.—The marriageable age for males begins at 17 years and for females at 14 years. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z It was never discussed, but always assumed, that he would do this when he reached marriageable age, he said. One Bride for 3 Brothers: A Custom Fades in India 2010-07-16T16:34:00Z Being now of a marriageable age, she was, of course, asked to every festivity. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z In France majority is attained at twenty-one, whilst the marriageable age is eighteen for males and fifteen for females, subject to consent of parents or guardians. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide He was a well-grown, good-looking young man for whom his friends had made comfortable provision, and Mrs. Tappitt had three marriageable daughters. Rachel Ray Marriage.—The marriageable age for males begins at 18 years and for females at the same age. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z We suspect Brown, who asks us to drop in any evening: has he a marriageable daughter? The Gay Adventure A Romance A marriageable man in a respectable position had to endure much from the admonitions, the mischievous hints, and numerous projects of his acquaintances. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Fosterage began when the child was a year old and ended when the marriageable age was reached, unless previously terminated by death or crime. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" I'll obediently deliver myself over and say, 'Here's your marriageable asset. The Tempering "There are as many marriageable young men as dogs, only every dog wants a fat bone," comes into her head. Yiddish Tales There are now young marriageable girls of her own growing up, each of whom in turn repeats the experience of her mother. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology She had no marriageable children, and she was thinking what a killing bait Myrtle would be at one of her own parties. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 And so she grew up in this solitude, year by year, till she was of marriageable age; when she excelled all the maidens of her time for beauty. A Reading Book in Irish History My point is, that with all her seduction, physical and mental, she's not in the ordinary sense marriageable. The Book of Susan A Novel She will not marry, but she is marriageable—eminently marriageable—and that is as much an asset now as when she threatened to use it against Lord Fillingford if he would not take her bribe. The Great Miss Driver The elders die too, and sometimes a marriageable girl is disposed of for life to some husband who could not afford the expense of an ordinary wedding. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology He proposed to him a whole list of marriageable girls, among them the doctor's daughters. Edelweiss A Story Ever since he had been eligible for matrimony he had been the especial prey of mothers with marriageable daughters. The Red Rat's Daughter I could count up on two hands all the marriageable men I have met in the last ten years. Lady Cassandra "Even if one doesn't marry, it's something to be marriageable, isn't it?" The Great Miss Driver Next to the destruction of the lives of female infants, the Chinese practice most revolting to our Western ideas is the sale of their daughters, at all periods from infancy up to a marriageable age. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The weazened old woman without teeth who shivers on the windy street corner displays her roasted chestnuts invitingly like marriageable daughters. A Pushcart at the Curb Under such circumstances, the mother had no time for the daughters, nor were the conversations at those dinners food for young, innocent girls--and innocence was the first requirement of a marriageable young woman. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) But this was considered quite a marriageable age at that era; and which would have arrived at about 1476-7. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West "I'd like to know why I shouldn't have a family of marriageable daughters some day," she exclaimed, blinking at them with near-sighted eyes while she wiped the moisture from her large round glasses. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Theodora bore to Alexius a number of beautiful daughters, whom he utilized when they became of marriageable age to form alliances with his powerful neighbors, both Mohammedan and Christian. Women of Early Christianity Spies search all houses and drag forth the marriageable maidens; who are compelled to marry instantly. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist When of marriageable age, they were given a trousseau and a husband; however, they were taught to be reasonable. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) Shakspeare well describes this 'brokerage' of marriageable maidens, in the fourth act of the third part of Henry VI.— The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West In Oriental lands generally the marriageable age of girls is about twelve years, the period at which, in those countries, a young girl usually attains to physical womanhood. Oriental Women Demetrius the Fair had been sent from Macedon to obtain her kingdom with her hand, but, while she was waiting to be of marriageable age, he had beguiled himself by intriguing with her mother. Greek Women The young lady was of marriageable age, and a man by the name of Scroope had been suggested as her husband. Women of England "Really to see how these young people grow up!" said an important assessor, who always sat on two chairs at once; "my niece Esztike will very soon be marriageable." Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 They notice that the suitable marriageable men who hung around them in their youth have gone away, and that their places are filled with mere callow youths. Maids Wives and Bachelors They are useful in agricultural pursuits, and they are for sale as wives when they become of a marriageable age. Oriental Women This will allow anxious mothers with marriageable daughters the chance of opening their doors again to this esteemed young man. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 They are good girls, nice girls, virtuous girls, and very marriageable girls, too, but they have a superficial hardness of texture on their character which closely resembles the mask of experience. Command The female population was doubtlessly subdivided in an analogous manner, for it is expressly recorded that all marriageable girls were kept in four different houses. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations When the damsel becomes marriageable, the position of the jar is reversed; and when she marries, it is taken down altogether.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 On this occasion, the daughters of marriageable age were put up at public auction. Oriental Women I think I could throw out an inducement which would lead him to look favorably on her—when she's of a marriageable age, that is. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. He had also some experience of the world, and was quite ready to admit that a marriageable heiress might fairly expect an equivalent for the fortune she was to bring her husband. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Being a shrewd man, he selected one of the girls still in the schoolroom to pay particular attention to, and thus escaped the necessity of showing special interest in her elder and marriageable sisters. Modern marriage and how to bear it O, go 'long! why, my good gracious, Fair, I—it's an honest fact—I haven't even been to see one marriageable girl since I came back from Europe! John March, Southerner The yashmac is the face veil which the Turkish girl receives when she attains to the marriageable age. Oriental Women Besides, there was a new generation of marriageable females just at her death; so that this aged vine may be said to wither, even when it had many young boughs ready to knit. Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc If he had been a little richer, he could almost have passed for a model young man in the eyes of the exacting and prudent parent of marriageable daughters. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome No doubt this is in part true, as witness the many highly educated women who have written or said that there seem to be few attractive marriageable men of their own age. Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life By his second wife he had a daughter: she had reached a marriageable age and was heiress to a princely fortune. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. So all the mothers of marriageable girls adored the old ladies, and blessings and praises were showered upon them. The Grandee She had plenty of cavaliers: all the marriageable merchants' sons of the town, young lawyers--in brief, the wooers recruited themselves from the entire circle of the townspeople, and even beyond it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 He had noticed that Cecilia's mother was beginning that little comedy of movements, and glances, and uneasy turnings of the head, by which mothers of marriageable daughters signify their intention of going home. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Whether in some other class of life a marriageable uncle and aunt—sixty and forty respectively—would have accepted their condominium of the household that was left, it is not for the story to discuss. When Ghost Meets Ghost "Sweet seventeen sometimes contrives to be very marriageable," said the gentleman named Roper. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman "Certainly; for if Don Santos is not a match with five or six million reales, I don't know who is," exclaimed Mateo feelingly, as befitted the father of four marriageable daughters who did not marry. The Grandee He was still well within the marriageable limits and looked even younger. Clark's Field On the other side, all women of this age period are marriageable. Woman under socialism In the end, Grant had to agree to let Violet know, by some round about procedure devised by Mr. Fenn’s legal mind, that he was not a marriageable person. In the Heart of a Fool What ought to be the marriageable age in a civilized community? The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman As if the daughters did not make themselves sufficiently ridiculous, Mateo made the situation worse by throwing them at the heads of all the marriageable young men of the town. The Grandee For children think very much the same thoughts and dream the same dreams as bearded men and marriageable women. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Twenty-five is the marriageable age for men fixed by the civil code, with an eye to the civic independence that, as a rule, is not gained before that age. Woman under socialism In Frascati, parents with marriageable sons and daughters assemble on Sunday afternoons in the chief piazza. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements All the women in Bath House intimate that I am already beyond the marriageable age.” The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 But, on the other side, those who had any son of a marriageable age, regarded them with distrust and dislike, and dubbed them as interfering intermediaries. The Grandee They have assigned me every marriageable single woman by turns in the district. Shirley The Talmud advises: "When your daughter is of marriageable age, give his freedom to one of your slaves and engage her to him." Woman under socialism "And marriageable young lady, like Miss—" "Miss Catchem," said the Major. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes And the girl would reach the marriageable age of that country in all too short a time. Carmen Ariza Facing him was Moro, the unattainable ideal of all the marriageable girls, whose indefatigable head easily stood twelve hours of tresillo without any ill-effects, or fatigue. The Grandee They came to marriageable age, and Moslem etiquette required that they should marry. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Uncle Jet was a mean old thing to send her here, where there were three marriageable young ladies. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Their almost—in fact, Mrs. J., like most ambitious mothers, thought, really—marriageable daughters dreamed and talked dinner parties for the full month, ere the great event of their lives came duly off. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes In less than a year she would have attained the marriageable age of these Latin countries. Carmen Ariza Mr. Littlebird, who was the happy father of three or four married and marriageable daughters, opened his eyes with surprise. Marion Fay Women have always known this, and the worldly wise mother has besought her marriageable daughter to "keep her skirts well over her ankles" if she hoped to secure a man as a permanent banker! Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex “If he asks me, I’m to turn and walk off, or I’m to say, ‘No, sir, I am under strict orders from my marriageable sisters not to.’ Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love There are nineteen families in our hotel, Bobby, and thirteen of them have marriageable daughters. The Dominant Strain But the very bitterest of the malcontents were parents with marriageable sons of their own, any one of which might one day have aspired to the hand of the heiress. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend But the discoveries he had made in those pretty little dwellings innocently opening their doors to wandering hearts of marriageable men! Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 In prescribing a marriageable age for high-caste Hindu girls Manu named eight as a minimum age and twelve as the maximum. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions He set the girl down for a gipsy, for he knew enough of the country to be sure that no marriageable maiden of worth could be courted in this fashion. The Spanish Jade Every mother of a marriageable daughter who had heard of the millionaire managed to rake and scrape together enough money to pass the season at Lee. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife Sometimes marriages are contracted between youth who have not reached a marriageable age, but in such event, the married couple are made to live apart, until they have attained and even passed the age required. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery It seemed as if all the marriageable princes and potentates of Europe were seized, one after another, with a desire to share her seat upon the English throne. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History Behind the children came the young girls—those of a marriageable age whom a pious custom dedicates most specially to the service of Our Lady. A Bride of the Plains But people stay here from all towns around; I get to know a great circle of marriageable parties. Ghetto Comedies Every woman who came to the village with a marriageable daughter tried to secure board at that boarding-house, but signally failed. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife By the time the young lady was marriageable, her outfit of lacquer was superb. The Empire of the East He was evidently not of marriageable age, or, at any rate, still unmarried. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters There is a woman, two daughters, one of whom is of marriageable age and the other far in her teens, and a youth I should think about sixteen years of age. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement She recovered possession, moreover, of her beloved daughter Swanhild, who, in the meantime, had grown into a beautiful maiden of marriageable age. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Having marriageable daughters always sharpens a man's wits. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife During these days of rejoicing, the girl is placed in a high seat, an exalted position, for is she not marriageable? Legends of Vancouver When she is of a marriageable age they provide the husband. Home Life in Germany “Certainly such elements in the character of a marriageable girl tended to interfere with her lot, and hinder it from being decided, according to custom, by good looks, vanity, and merely canine affection.” The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete None of our citizens compares in name or connections with the Chamberlain; his elder daughter Anna is of marriageable age, a fair and well-dowered young lady. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 In 1845, according to her statistical report, Massachusetts had seven-eighths of her marriageable young women working in factories under male overseers. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Efforts to improve themselves in some such way were common enough among marriageable maidens, and their mothers helped them to the best of their ability with equally happy hints. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Some years ago, when a girl had been confirmed, she was considered officially grown up and marriageable, and entered straight away into the gaieties that are supposed to lead to marriage. Home Life in Germany Society mothers of marriageable daughters will tear their transformations from their heads, and dance upon them in despair, when they hear that Beau s'est rangé. The Dop Doctor He claims his high-born foe's sympathy by telling him that he has sons, grandchildren, a poor, old father, and a marriageable daughter. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Nor could it have known the days when the jeunesse dorée of Babylonia and Assyria assembled before the temple where twice a year all marriageable girls were brought together to be sold. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 The two belts, the exclusive attribute of the marriageable female, are the part richest in light: to glorify her wedding, the future mother dons her brightest gauds; she lights her two resplendent scarves. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles It is asserted that of all single marriageable ladies who reached Oregon last season, two-thirds were married before the first of March. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements When a girl becomes marriageable her parents should dress her smartly, and should place her where she can be easily seen by all. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks The young, pretty girls are generally bought by old men, who often buy them when children, paying half the price down, and waiting till the girl is of marriageable age. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Finally, it cannot be urged against celibacy that it violates the Divine precept to “increase and multiply;” for this command surely cannot require all marriageable persons to be united in wedlock. The Faith of Our Fathers He would have me say that the Queen's Highness was of a marriageable age and contracted to her cousin Dearham.' The Fifth Queen Crowned Hengist was in all probability past the middle period of life when he came to the Court of Vortigern, as he is generally represented as having then a daughter, Rowena, already of a marriageable age. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 Sometime during the year a list of marriageable princesses was prepared by the Emperor's orders. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) My own feelings can never be harrowed on behalf of a widow with a marriageable daughter, but I am aware that habitual readers of romance, like ostriches, will swallow anything. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia It is not merely that so many marriageable young ladies are ignorant. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Mlle de Nurrez had gone off again—this time with Monsieur Paul Nicholas—that good-looking, well-to-do young man, at whom all the matrons with marriageable daughters had in vain cast longing eyes. Werwolves Mamas with marriageable daughters declared that he was impossible; the marriageable daughters never had a chance to decide one way or the other; and men called him a fool. The Place of Honeymoons If Napoleon had demanded on the spot the hand of the Czar's marriageable sister, Catherine, it is doubtful if Alexander would have refused. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Young braves are always the very hardest members of the tribe to engage in conversation, except a young girl of marriageable age. The Sheep Eaters Yet even the alarming scarcity of marriageable men is not so serious an evil as their growing disinclination to marry. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Next to him at table sat an elderly young lady, who was not in the habit of receiving attentions from gentlemen of marriageable age, and was therefore inclined to notice those more youthful. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success For his daughter was now of marriageable age, but could not be provided with a dowry during his absence from Rome.' The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura He had thought her a child of about fourteen years of age, and here she was sixteen, and considered marriageable. Her Mother's Secret “The lady looks marriageable to me,” observed Anthony, strolling away. The Indifference of Juliet Women, compelled to wait at home for the wooing which changes their destiny, qualify themselves with attractions for that competitive examination which all marriageable young women feel that they undergo from every marriageable young man. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) It had always been difficult for him to address a marriageable woman, and a joke on that subject threw him into dumb confusion. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Once in every year they assembled together all the girls that were marriageable, when the public crier put them up to sale, one after another. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World In this way: Leonidas Force, who is but twenty-one, can afford to wait two years and marry Wynnette, who will then be of marriageable age. Her Mother's Secret The Nair girl is carefully chaperoned until she arrives at a marriageable age, say, fourteen or fifteen years, at which time some complaisant individual is selected, who goes through the marriage ceremony with her. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire Oh, I simply mean that her father, who seems a rather bad type of adventurer, gave free access to her acquaintance to any man who might turn out to be marriageable. A Beautiful Alien This prophecy frightened the mother so much that as soon as her daughter was of a marriageable age she left her own country and journeyed away into a far land, taking the girl with her. Tales of Folk and Fairies When the fair Agaristé had reached marriageable age, her father attended the Olympic games, at which there were used to gather men of wealth and eminence from all the Grecian states. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I hear that the girl is considered marriageable. Her Mother's Secret It might be owned that such a speech from the father of a marriageable daughter to a young man who had hardly as yet shown himself to be enamoured, was not delicate. Ralph the Heir There was nothing, in general, that the girl liked less than being spoken of, off-hand, as a marriageable article—being planned and arranged for in this particular. A London Life and Other Tales Dr Prichard considers the different ages at which women are said to be marriageable in different climates to be very much exaggerated. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 His qualities were exhibited on his very first meeting with his promised bride, for neither had seen the other until reaching marriageable age. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate That was the marriageable young lady of the days of the Gymnase Theatre. Renée Mauperin Gerrard looked, as he felt, bewildered, not seeing the connection, since Colonel Antony had no marriageable daughter. The Path to Honour When she has attained her fourteenth or fifteenth year, and is already marriageable, she is allowed to indulge her penchant at will, which is forbidden when younger. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce The paternal providence of Versailles, mindful of their needs, sent them, in 1704, a gift of twenty marriageable girls, described as "nurtured in virtue and piety, and accustomed to work." A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America Each of the three leading priests had a marriageable daughter of beauty and proud descent. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Two undertake to personate a goodman and a goodwife; the rest a family of marriageable daughters. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk It is a disgrace for a family to have in it an unmarried marriageable girl. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Perhaps mothers with marriageable daughters, Mary," Anna Treadwyn said with a smile, "but I don't really see why you should be so severe on him for going his own way. A Girl of the Commune In six months now Victoria would be eighteen, and eighteen is a marriageable age. The King's Mirror Born in humble circumstances, when of marriageable age she loved a man, who wished her to emigrate with him to America. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Behold the dames who once were fine With roses, caps and looks malign; Some marriageable maids behold, Blank, unapproachable and cold. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse So many marriageable young women were among the guests, it was very probable they would all leave as brides; for even the melancholy Magdalene a suitor waited there—the rich Berezowski. Peter the Priest And now, being marriageable, she looked always about her with shy, quick, expectant glances. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills The marriageable age of girls is from twelve to fourteen years, and that of boys sixteen. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Had they been handsome, some romance might have attached to the act; but being homely and not marriageable, I smiled at the occurrence and entered it in my diary as "patriotism run mad." Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The heroine, so called, must by a certain fixed law be young and marriageable. Orley Farm One represented her a woman grown and marriageable; another, as high as my walking-stick; the third, a little child. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy "You are old enough to realize also, Miss Kano Um�-ko, what is the meaning of adoption into a family where there is a daughter of marriageable age." The Dragon Painter Girls are marriageable very young; sometimes they have children at ten years old. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Sometimes one barony hurls against another, but a marriageable girl is always the prize. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 All the marriageable young men in the town sent to make an offer to Vasilissa; at her stepmother’s daughters not a soul would so much as look. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore They must not, needless to say, realise the fact that marriageable young men are real facts. Personality in Literature His reply was, when the girls were marriageable, and espoused to their husbands; who had generally but one wife, though good hunters had sometimes two. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. Besides, Miss Johnson was marriageable, and much as De Forest loved the sex, he loved his freedom more. The Expressman and the Detective The essential part of the custom lay in the public choice of a fitting mate for marriageable girls. The Task of Social Hygiene Was there ever any such bribe held forth to a generation of unmarried and marriageable women? Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General A goodly crop of daughters had Father Carpenter, and not one hung on hand so soon as she was marriageable. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims While on the approach of the children to marriageable age the final betrothal or barokhi is held. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A maiden of marriageable age seemed to have died, and the bridegroom was accompanying her bier, uttering wailing cries, as was natural on his marriage being thus cut short. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Her father, by the way, died prematurely from overwork in trying to give all possible comforts and advantages to a bevy of six unmarried and marriageable daughters. Woman Her Sex and Love Life The college and the university are also coming to be thought a convenient place for rich fathers to dump their incorrigible sons and marriageable daughters for a few years. On the Firing Line in Education When I was lecturing in Kansas, some years ago, I had occasion to visit an old friend, a wealthy farmer, who had an interesting family of seven very marriageable daughters. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony If the bride is of marriageable age the gauna or sending away ceremony is performed at once, otherwise it takes place in the third or fifth year after marriage. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II From time to time she had postponed the fulfilment of the vow, until the child had grown into a woman—for she was thirteen years old, which in this country is the marriageable age. The King's Own He was an irresistible temptation to matrons with marriageable daughters, and wherever he sojourned he was overwhelmed with invitations. Gryll Grange By means of their spies, they made themselves acquainted with the fortunes of every marriageable girl and the domestic arrangements of the family. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Report had it, at the time of my arrival, that after refusing every marriageable man in the county, she was now trying to make up her mind between Jim Mattison and Radnor. The Four Pools Mystery You have one daughter who is twelve years old; in a short time she will be a marriageable girl. A Hungarian Nabob Nicoletta, moreover, was sixteen years old, a marriageable age, an age indeed at which not to have a lover would have been a disgrace. Little Novels of Italy They were well-to-do, but they all had large families, with marriageable daughters and sons to be bought out of military service. The Promised Land Their wives, if of marriageable age, are expected to marry again. The Skylark of Space The marriageable age was from fourteen for men, and twelve for girls. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) It very often happens that everything is amicably settled except the greed of the priest, and he manages to find out some disagreement between the horoscopes of the marriageable parties to vent his anger. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The families concerned, when the age thought to be marriageable had been reached, sought to give the young persons a place in the family order. The Family and it's Members Many a marriageable maiden who came to view the trousseau went home to prink and blush and watch for the shadchan. The Promised Land Prince Erik, the eldest son of King Gustavus, grew in due course of time to marriageable age and, as young men will, began to look about for a wife. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Their Majesties have six children, of whom the Crown Prince Carol, who celebrates his 21st birthday this week, and the Princess Elizabeth, born in 1894, are of marriageable age. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Laure d'Aumenier had not reached the marriageable age, else some of the newly made gentry would undoubtedly have paid court to her. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo As boy and girl they had grown up together, and long before she was of a marriageable age, he had determined eventually to marry her. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories You can hardly get on your horse at the door without maiming an infant, and you can't throw a stone in any direction without killing a marriageable damsel. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories "Goodness," remarked Betty, twinkling, "it's mighty lucky for Frank that there aren't any young men of marriageable age on the horizon just now." The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue He has a wife and five children all marriageable and unprovided for. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 A free-born maiden of Corinth, just of marriageable age, was attacked by an illness and passed away. The Ten Books on Architecture After the manner of all maidens, when she arrived at the marriageable age from miles around came many braves to pay their respects. How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl "What presumption in Cyril Carey!" broke out the gentle mother of marriageable daughters, full of righteous wrath. A Houseful of Girls In the autumn my sister gave a party, and invited all the marriageable young people of the village. Chapters from My Autobiography He humbly beseeches Her Majesty to have pitiful regard for his wife and marriageable children. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 The daughter's marriageable future was apparently faced again with courageous determination. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life He describes himself as the poorest friar in Florence, with six marriageable nieces dependent on him, and he is said to have been involved in debt. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Canada wants unmarried women, her cry is for our marriageable daughters, and each one would find her vocation out there. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Knowledge pertaining to the sexual life is talked over very freely among boys, so that by the time the boy is of a marriageable age he is pretty well posted. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves At the end of an hour he felt, I will not say almost marriageable, but almost married. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) She was as lovely as a princess ought to be and by the time she reached a marriageable age the fame of her beauty had spread far and wide over all the world. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales There are in Britain to-day over a million and a quarter females of marriageable age in excess of the number of marriageable males. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies One of the greatest problems confronting eugenics is that of giving young people of marriageable age a greater range of choice. Applied Eugenics In one relatively small and primitive district I happened to know of, more than one-half of the families with marriageable daughters have within the last three years had to bear the shame of illegitimate off-spring. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post A man with brains and a bank account had no right to live alone, said Mrs. Sanders, she having a daughter of marriageable age, if only moderately prepossessing. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier And when she reached the marriageable age, they would export her and marry her to him. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl If we concern ourselves only with Britain—from the eugenic standpoint—who would dare compute the ratio of marriageable females over the males after the war was over? The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies In the belligerent nation at home, the number of marriageable males is of course far less than at ordinary times. Applied Eugenics But some marriageable and some married women, moving in her own sphere of society, criticised her popularity, and said she must be artful to control so many men. Bohemian Days Three American Tales Once the king appointed a great feast, and bade all the marriageable men to it from far and near. Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm Moreover, regardless of one-half of creation, he has neither stated the age at which females are marriageable, nor given us that of his own wife. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions Stand two matches on a hot stove, sulphur end down, and name them for yourself and a marriageable acquaintance of the opposite sex. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk Glorvina had flirted with all the marriageable officers, whom the depôts of her country afforded, and all the bachelor squires who seemed eligible. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 The error, commonly entertained, that marriageable men and women have nothing to consider except money, station, or social relationships demands correction. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro She was beautiful and intellectual, like Countess Diodora, and competition for her hand was naturally high among the young and old bachelors, and marriageable men of their set. Dr. Dumany's Wife She has absolute control of them until the girl reaches a marriageable age; then Dad collects the marriage price. I Married a Ranger If a girl sew a button on the clothing of a marriageable man, she will marry him within the year. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk But both Seffy and Sally had grown to a marriageable age without anything happening. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Stay till she is a little known, and the mothers of marriageable sons get about her; then it will be the old thing over again—dress, drive, dance, hurry-scurry from morning till night. A Crooked Path A Novel And how was the extra population to be stayed if every one of the doomed quota of marriageable males were of the same mind as himself? Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance He had long since lost track of his kinsfolk, and although he insisted that he was anxious to marry he carefully kept away from all marriageable ladies. I Married a Ranger They may be a little irritable and restive while standing upon the border-land that divides the marriageable from the un-marriageable age; but that boundary once passed, they take place among the worthiest and best. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 The marriageable girls sat together in one part of the church, which I thought very funny; they wore drum-shaped hats poised on the head in a droll sort of way. Round About the Carpathians A young unmarried man, who has arrived at the marriageable age, must not eat in the presence of women. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea She was one of the old women whom young girls adore, even when the adoration is not increased by the existence of a marriageable son. The Debtor A Novel She was convinced that every mother in East Westland, with a marriageable daughter, and every daughter, had matrimonial designs upon him; and she considered that none of them were good enough for him. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel All it needed was the consent of an eighteen-year-old girl—a small matter, of course, as marriageable women are but commodities in statecraft, and theoretically, at least, acquiesce in everything their liege lords ordain. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth Kunda Nandini was of marriageable age; but she was the staff of her father's blindness, his only bond to this world. The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal There is no system of seclusion of either boys or girls on attaining puberty, or in connection with initiation, or on attaining a marriageable age. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea No mere plowman would dare to aspire to the hand of a landlord's only daughter, and no marriageable farmer to whom Penny might aspire was to be found in the neighborhood. Up in Ardmuirland “I am thoroughly angry at such rumors, merely because a girl happens to be living in the same house with a marriageable man,” said she. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel The monarch had three daughters; the emperor of her own country had a marriageable son. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada By the simple phratry law that A can only marry B, and may marry any B, local group mates are marriageable. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia A boy is regarded as having reached a marriageable age at about 16, 17, or 18, and the age for a girl is a few years younger. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Semple, in speaking of her as already marriageable, had given him a shock. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York Miss Dean was plain and saturnine, and had no difficulty in obtaining a good boarding-place, even with the mother of a marriageable daughter, who had taken her in with far-sighted alacrity. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Under such circumstances, the mother had no time for the daughters, nor were the conversations at those dinners food for young, innocent girls—and innocence was the first requirement of a marriageable young woman. Women of Modern France As the young bride was not of marriageable age, she returned to her family to live with them for two years, as agreed by the contract. The Makers of Canada: Champlain Now, Mr. Sen had been earnest and successful in getting the Brahmo Marriage Act passed, which ruled that the lowest marriageable age for a woman was fourteen, and for a man eighteen. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans There was a great eruption among the marriageable prospects of Ashcroft, because many of them had dropped a real bone into the water in snapping at the illusory shadow. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope Think of what golden fortunes fell to the three Warren girls, who were now of marriageable age! Greenwich Village Too often marriageable young women and their anxious mothers demand the complete statue at the outset, and are not content to accept and chisel granite. The Harris-Ingram Experiment It would be strange indeed if two women who have never met until the younger one was of a marriageable age, should have the same methods of housekeeping, etc. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Certain it is that the fathers are rarely at a loss for money to procure them wives so soon as they become marriageable. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Every marriageable girl in his world almost had been flung at his head. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story Agriculture was the great industry, and when the corn was ripe the whole village turned out to gather it, the only exceptions being the housewives and sometimes the marriageable daughters. A Short History of English Agriculture But not much impression had been made in Oudh, in consequence of the inordinately large dowries demanded from the Rajput fathers of marriageable daughters. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Among the Hull-House neighbors are many of the Latin races who employ a careful chaperonage over their marriageable daughters and provide husbands for them at an early age. The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets With this addition he may insist upon a release whilst his daughters are not marriageable. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants The public auction of marriageable virgins had most likely a similar intention. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. A moment later, Zorzi included all marriageable young women in one sweeping condemnation: they were all hard-hearted, mercenary, vain, deceitful—anything that suggested itself to his headlong resentment. Marietta A Maid of Venice An unmarried woman of marriageable age is unheard of. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi If you could only deliberately arrange to do something that would lower your reputation in the eyes of gouty old gentlemen or mothers with marriageable daughters! One Man in His Time If the girl given in exchange be under age a certain allowance per annum is made till she becomes marriageable. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Once upon a time, in Carinthia, there lived a Grand Duchess, of marriageable age. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 She had looked with critical eyes upon marriageable men. Children of the Market Place One of the very pretty social dances is the Butterfly Dance, given during the summer by the young people of marriageable age. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi The children of the town were all divided into companies, as they called them, from five or six years of age, till they became marriageable. Woman's Life in Colonial Days When a girl wasn't regarded as marriageable unless she had been trained to a trade or a profession, then things would begin to happen. The Real Adventure But in the East, of course, at the age of ten a girl is counted marriageable; at the age of fourteen she is not infrequently the devoted mother of a family. The Green Eyes of Bâst I would limit the inheritances of marriageable women to a maximum amount of $100,000. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life It is hard to say even that She is grown up, just marriageable, a girl-child, so entirely is She refined above all humanity, beyond the world, so exquisitely pure and for ever chaste. The Cathedral There were all Miss Churchill's gang of great dames, muslin, rustling, marriageable daughters, a continual twitter of voices, and a sprinkling of the peasantry, dun-coloured and struck speechless. The Inheritors She did not know that only women with marriageable daughters saw her as she saw herself in the glass. Red Pottage Yes, I protest against young ladies throwing themselves at the head of every marriageable gentleman they see. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 Honestly, I don't believe it right that women should be permitted under the law to inherit vast sums of money—at least marriageable women. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life There is not a marriageable duke or earl in England who would not eagerly seek the girl for a wife. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall We happened to have a marriageable aunt, and he married her. Christopher and Columbus The women are marriageable at a very early age; and it should seem, that one who is unmarried, is but in a forlorn state. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time The word fangast, a marriageable maid, cited by Wall, proves this. Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch Your life ’s afore you, and the gal ’s scarce marriageable, to my thinking. Children of the Mist Next week she will be eighteen years of age, and will then be numbered among the marriageable sisters. Sister Carmen All younger than yourself, all marriageable, and all unmarried? Five Little Plays There were no marriageable men in Chilmark—there never are in an English village—and she was too young for Rowsley's brother officers, or they were too young for her. Nightfall What do you think the girls over there are going to do for husbands, with half the marriageable men either killed or hopelessly damaged? His Family I prefer to believe that the Italian race is vigorous, moral, and marriageable, and that it does not yet despair of the future. The Roman Question She was marriageable when her mother and father died, and Neptune, being enamored of her, married her. Atlantida It had come about in an evil hour when he was desperate for a dowry for his eldest daughter, now come of marriageable age. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments Once a month we dress the marriageable girls in their best, and take them for a walk in the street. Italian Journeys There will therefore be many million marriageable men in Europe if the war ends in 1917. The Living Present The new emperor, or his advisers, looked round at the various marriageable princesses belonging to the smaller courts of Germany. France in the Nineteenth Century In a year or two they will be at a marriageable age. The Dangerous Age Lord Magellan, who was only dumb with English marriageable girls, allowed himself to be amused, and threw himself into a low chair by the actress—a capture apparently for the afternoon. The Marriage of William Ashe If I am not mistaken, she has been marriageable for some Time. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. Seeing this, her father conferred upon her the right to select her own spouse, and the princess began to travel from court to court inspecting all the marriageable princes. The Book of the Epic It did seem a rare combination of marriageable qualities. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 Therefore the fathers send their daughters with presents, maidens of the villages, all marriageable girls, to ask for rainfall. The Great Taboo Rich and respectable sons-in-law are scarce enough the world over, so it was no wonder that all the parents of marriageable daughters strove to make Hardhack pleasant for the young men. Romance of California Life In some churches an introduction committee is appointed whose special function is to introduce marriageable persons and to hold social meetings where the young people may become acquainted. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Don Giovanni was not married, but there were few marriageable women in Rome who would not have been overjoyed to become his wife. Saracinesca There are fifteen Spanish widows; also eight or ten girls who are marriageable, and some others who are very young. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century This induced the strongest antipathy, not only to this woman, but to all marriageable women. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion In Paris, the highest praise for a marriageable girl is to say, 'She has great sweetness of character and the disposition of a lamb.' Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Of the results of this pleasant relation—whether she being the only truly marriageable person in the house. Mistress and Maid As a young girl, a relation of the Saracinesca, whom she now so bitterly hated, she should have been regarded as marriageable by any of the young Roman nobles, from Valdarno down. Saracinesca Fond mothers with marriageable sons might require some handling. The Testing of Diana Mallory There were more than a thousand children, more than a hundred babes in arm, more than fifty marriageable maids pursued by avid swains. The Covered Wagon I suppose there were too many marriageable daughters about! The Gloved Hand This was a subject that had been brought to his attention insistently; he had been informed that a minister should marry, and there were several marriageable daughters in his church. Scattergood Baines He possessed that keen, business-like appreciation of his value as a marriageable man which seems to characterise the young generation of to-day, and he was not mistaken in his estimate. Don Orsino As a freelance she would be taken notice of, as a respectable, marriageable girl she would be passed over. Evelyn Innes As soon as a girl matures she is marriageable. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter I had lived my thirty years without ever being in love; indeed, I had from principle avoided the society of ladies, that is, when they were of the flirtable or marriageable kind. Weapons of Mystery There are marriageable young women here, too, whose acquaintance I have made with that object in view. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 For his other two daughters I can learn little certainty, but have heard they both died before they were marriageable. Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 For twenty years Simon Loggerheads had been marked down for capture by the marriageable spinsters and widows, and the mothers with daughters, of Bursley. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories In each commune there must be 360 marriageable persons of each sex, but to marry within his class a man would only have the choice of 180 women and vice versa. Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population I had two marriageable daughters and a son who had already entered on his career as a lawyer. The "Goldfish" Poor Lady Masham had five marriageable daughters, and none had as yet received even the faintest shadow of an offer. The Coquette's Victim Everyday Life Library No. 1 "And may I ask if you consider that she does intend to marry you—that is if you should happen to become marriageable?" Ladies Must Live Finally, he is a bachelor, which gives him great consideration in all the families where there are marriageable daughters. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 It is certainly the duty of parents to bring up their children in the ways of virtue, and to have regard to their honour and reputation; and especially to virgins, when grown to be marriageable. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy Mrs. Venables was manoeuvring her two highly marriageable girls in opposite quarters of the field, and had only her own indefatigable generalship to thank for what it lost her upon this occasion. The Shadow of the Rope On leaving the palace, however, Alboin bore away the image of little Rosamund, Thurisind's fair granddaughter, whom he solemnly swore he would claim as wife as soon as she was of marriageable age. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art Then I said to him—'Sir, you have told me you have a daughter, but you have not told me whether she is marriageable or not?' The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance Mistress Penwick was at a marriageable age, and her father being ill and hopelessly bound by ties of war never expected to see her again and had made provision for her future happiness. Mistress Penwick These two have consequently been betrothed and, being now arrived at marriageable age, their final union is imminent. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England She knew that every marriageable prince in Europe coveted her wealth and her estates. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy When Hugdietrich attained marriageable age, his tutor felt it incumbent upon him to select a suitable wife for him. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art A son of the reigning duke, Stephen of Bavaria, had come to serve in the French army, and the Duke of Burgundy had asked him if there were any marriageable princess of Bavaria. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 "Girls are sometimes taken very young, before they are of marriageable age, which generally happens with a man who has a wife already." Primitive Love and Love-Stories People with marriageable daughters looked upon the clever scholar as a desirable addition to their drawing-rooms. Hodge and His Masters Julian, still in the more ideal stage of his emotion, had hardly wakened to the fact that his new love was marriageable. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Not infrequently, a man having a marriageable daughter formally gave her to some young man who had proved himself brave in war, successful in taking horses, and, above all, of a generous disposition. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People He then began to pass in review all the marriageable princesses who were eligible to share his throne, but to each in succession he attached some objection which tended to weaken her claim. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 "The marriageable age," he adds, "is from fourteen years old and upward." Primitive Love and Love-Stories In the cathedral city, where I visited a friend some years since, there were forty-five single women, from sixteen to fifty, and only three marriageable men. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 Newport is the mart where the marriageable meet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 She will soon be of marriageable age, and she shall be reserved for you. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods Contributing very largely to the establishment of this greatly enlarged class of independent women will be the great shortage for the next decade of marriageable men, due to the killing and disablement of the war. What is Coming? One day, the author relates, rain had driven him to a hut on the shore of the Pool, where there was a family with two marriageable daughters. Primitive Love and Love-Stories The duties by which wives principally conjoin themselves with their husbands, are those which relate to the education of the children of each sex, and of the girls till they are marriageable. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love He had seven daughters, and when they had reached a marriageable age he asked them who would arrange their marriages and bring them handsome husbands and make their fortunes. Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South "I thank you," he said, "but I am far from the marriageable age myself." The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods "If you are going to settle down in our neighborhood, I can introduce you to some of our marriageable young ladies," said Colonel Preston, pleasantly. Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes Widely prevalent also was the custom of allowing a man who had married a girl to claim all her sisters as soon as they reached a marriageable age. Primitive Love and Love-Stories This invested his visit with a romantic interest, and gave the reception a practical value; for there were other marriageable girls besides Miss Clayton, and if one was left another might be taken. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays Mothers with marriageable daughters condoned his offences against morality and said, "oh, well, young men will sow their wild oats; it is no use to be too straight laced." Trial and Triumph Surely the mothers of marriageable sons knew of her existence, of her fortune, of the titles she held in her own right and could confer upon her husband and leave to her children. Taquisara Those fashionable women who had marriageable daughters considered him not ineligible, and men temporarily hampered for cash knew that they could find smiling assistance for a consideration at Bryce's little office on William Street. The Man Between, an International Romance By and by, some day one of the eligible young men met one of the marriageable young women; he looked at her, and said 'Djeetgun!' Primitive Love and Love-Stories The next step was his return to London as the new millionaire,—young, good-looking, wholesome in mind and body, and much sought after by the mothers of marriageable girls. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies |
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