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And women bore fine linen, the fruit of much toil, as women will, and gifts of gold and varied ornaments as well, such as are brought to newly-wedded brides; and they marvelled when they saw the shapely forms and beauty of the gallant heroes, and among them the son of Oeagrus, oft beating the ground with gleaming sandal, to the time of his loud-ringing lyre and song.
The Argonautica 2008
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"We must avoid as a nation schemes that create perceptions of instant gratification through the grab-and-take-all-and-run and instead go into value for money, win-win type of acquisition that are promotive of good relations inside and outside the companies between the newly-wedded business partners."
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'Perkin and Mackie were with us, smooching away in newly-wedded bliss.
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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'Perkin and Mackie were with us, smooching away in newly-wedded bliss.
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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(Here we may observe that not a few antiquarians are of opinion that from these practices arose the custom of persons throwing old shoes after newly-wedded pairs and others for luck, and of shoemakers making fanciful outlines on shoes by means of pegging and stitching.)
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I can well recollect that there were two American newly-wedded couples from the western cities, just returning home from their extensive honeymoon trip abroad, and there was a gentleman, very refined and well cultured in literature whom we called, the Athenian, as he hailed from
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Henry the Fifth's newly-wedded consort is an interesting picture of the
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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And women bore fine linen, the fruit of much toil, as women will, and gifts of gold and varied ornaments as well, such as are brought to newly-wedded brides; and they marvelled when they saw the shapely forms and beauty of the gallant heroes, and among them the son of Oeagrus, oft beating the ground with gleaming sandal, to the time of his loud-ringing lyre and song.
The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius
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From Canterbury the newly-wedded king and queen set out for
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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All know the custom, if not the value, of throwing slippers, rice, etc. after a newly-wedded pair; and the ceremony of breaking a cake over a bride's head as she first enters her husband's house is not forgotten.
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