spousals

Example Sentences

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There reigned throughout, an order and purity, an orderly disposition, as if by way of making ready for some gracious spousals.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Pater, Walter

The fame of this extraordinary conjunction spread all over the county; and, on the day appointed for their spousals, the church was surrounded by an inconceivable multitude.

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Thyself didst bring to pass   Those spousals of a Goddess: on that day   All we Immortals feasted there, and gave   Gifts passing-fair.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

Let dull Octavia Survive, to mourn him dead: My nobler fate Shall knit our spousals with a tie, too strong For Roman laws to break.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

This marks the Churl: when spousals crown    His selfish hope, he finds the grace, Which sweet love has for ev'n the clown,    Was not in the woman, but the chace.

From Angel in the House by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton