spousals

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What deed of outrage, Phoebus, hast thou done   This day, forgetful of that day whereon   To godlike Peleus' spousals gathered all   The Immortals?

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 All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy by Dryden, John

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)

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

No, no—no spousals for me: let John Cross and the bride be ready or not, there shall be a party wanting to that contract!

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore