hymeneal

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I was content, in the language of the newspapers, to lead to the Hymeneal altar any fashionable fair one whose fortune came under the sixth place of figures.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria

Attalus, so long the sport of fortune, and of the Goths, was appointed to lead the chorus of the Hymeneal song; and the degraded emperor might aspire to the praise of a skilful musician.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Milman, Henry Hart

Chorus Hymeneal, Or triumphal chaunt, Matched with thine would be all But an empty vaunt, A thing wherein we feel there is some hidden want.

From Eighth Reader by Baldwin, James

Foster-brother, I have heard that measure to a Hymeneal Song.

From Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

No softer emotion than ambition had suggested the thought, and after a patient balancing of the opposing weights of selfishness, he had utterly thrown aside the thought of entangling himself in any Hymeneal snares.

From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)