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Marriage ceremonies; as now used in all parts of the world. Very diverting, especially to the Ladies. Written originally in Italian, by Seignior Gaya The third edition. To which are added, large animadversions, and some remarks upon marriage. As also, A looking-glass for married people: Or, The Fantastick Adventures of Sir E-H-With his Seven Wives. Written by himself, in the time of his Confinement. Put into Modern English, by Mr. Tho. Brown
by Gaya, Louis de
London : printed for John Nutt, near Stationers-Hall, 1704

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Hymen: an accurate description of the ceremonies used in marriage, by every nation in the known world. Shewing, The Oddity of some, the Absurdity of others, the Drollery of many, and the real or intended Piety of all. Dedicated to the Ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland
by Uxorius
London : printed for I. Pottinger, at the Dunciad in Pater-Noster Row, 1760

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Cupid and Hymen a voyage to the isles of love and matrimony. Containing A most Diverting Account of the Inhabitants of those Two Vast and Populous Countries, their Laws, Customs, and Government. Interspersed With many useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the dangerous Precipices and Quicksands that these Islands abound with, and wherein so many Thousands, who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. By the facetious H. C. and T. B. To which are added, a map of the island of marriage; The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences attending a Married Life. The Married Man's Answer to it; None but Fools Marry, a Vindication of the Estimate; and a Boulster Lecture, &c. By Simon Single, Esq; The fourth edition.
by Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743, T. B.
London : printed for J. Brown, in Holiday-Yard, Creed Lane, Ludgate-Street; J. Williams, No. 38, and W. Pridden; W. Cooke, and Mrs. Weller, at the Royal Exchange, 1772

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An essay concerning marriage. Shewing, I. The preference of marriage to a single life. II. The Arguments for and against a Plurality of Wives and Concubines. III. The Authority of Parents and Governors, in regulating or restraining Marriages. IV. The Power of Husbands, and the Privileges of Wives. V. The Nature of Divorce, and in what Cases it is allowable. VI. The Reasons of prohibiting Marriage within certain Degrees. Vii. The Manner of contracting Espousals, and what Engagements and Promises of Marriage are binding. Viii. The penalties incurred by forcible and clandestine marriages, and the Consequences attending Marriages solemnized by the Dissenters. To which is added, An Historical Account of the Marriage Rites and Ceremonies of the Greeks and Romans, and our Saxon Ancestors, and of most Nations of the World at this Day. The second edition. By Mr. Salmon.
by Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767
London : printed for Charles Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1724

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The Welsh wedding, Shewing how Shon-Ap-Morgan, rode to London upon a goat to get a wife, with his comical courtship and marriage: how he was. Married to a cotton-twister, by an old small-coal man in a barn, tasty thinking it an English Church. Also the comical wedding dinner, 65 dishes of buttered leeks, 300 red Herrings some baked, some boiled, some shew'd and some fry'd; with 20 gallons of leek pottage, 25 tubs of butter-milk and whey, with a sack posset for tasty. How tasty was choak'd with eating a plate of toasted-cheese, and how he was buried in Tom turd's field. With his last legacy's where he leaves something for every body.
Whitehaven : [s.n.], 1766

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An accurate discription of the marriage ceremonies used by every nation in the world Shewing, the oddity of some, the absurdity of others, the drollery of many; and, the real or intended piety of all.
Edinburgh : printed, and sold at the printing-house in the West-Bow, 1782

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Matrimonial ceremonies display'd wherein are exhibited, the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprizing Practices of near One Hundred disterent Kingdoms and People in the World, now us'd in the celebration and consummation of matrimony. Collected from the papers of an old rich bawdy batchelor; With great Variety of Remarks by him, Serious and Humorous. To which is prefix'd The comical Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerbld, who had seven Wives; with the Character of each: A genuine Story. Also an Epigram on Matrimony, in Latin and English, and an Alphabetical Index. Publish'd for the Information and Entertainment of the Ladies and pretty Girls of Great Britain, not forgetting those of Dublin and Tipperary.
by Gaya, Louis de
London : printed for H. Serjeant, at the Black Swan, without Temple Bar; and G. Woodfall, at Charing-Cross, 1768
Fourth edition improv'd.

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Marriage ceremonies, as now used in all parts of the world. With remarks upon matrimony critical and humourous. Very diverting, especially to the ladies. To which is added, The adventures of Sir Harry *****, with his seven wives.
by Gaya, Louis de
[London] : Dublin printed: London reprinted, for J. Robinson, at the Golden-Lion in Ludgate-Street, 1744

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An essay on the Nair system of gallantry and inheritance shewing its superiority over marriage, as insuring an indubitable genuinnes ov [sic] birth, ...
by Lawrence, James Henry, 1773-1840
London : printed for J. Ridgeway; and H. D. Symonds, 1794

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Matrimonial ceremonies display'd wherein are exhibited, the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprizing Practices of near One Hundred different Kingdoms and People in the World, now us'd in the celebration and consummation of matrimony. Collected from the papers of an old rich bawdy batchelor; With great Variety of Remarks by him, Serious and Humourous. To which is prefix'd, The comical Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven Wives; with the Character of each: A genuine Story. Also an Epigram on Matrimony, in Latin and English, and an Alphabetical Index. Publish'd for the Information and Entertainment of the Ladies and pretty Girls of Great-Britain, not forgetting those of Dublin and Tipperary.
by Gaya, Louis de
London : printed for W. Reeve, at Shakespear's-Head, near Serjeant's-Inn, in Fleet-Street, 1748

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Matrimonial ceremonies display'd wherein are exhibited, the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprizing Practices of near One Hundred different Kingdoms and People in the World, now us'd in the celebration and consummation of matrimony. Collected from the papers of an old rich bawdy batchelor; With great Variety of Remarks by him, Serious and Humourous. To which is prefix'd, the comical adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven wives; with the Character of each: A genuine Story. Also an Epigram on Matrimony, in Latin and English, and an Alphabetical Index. Publish'd for the Information and Entertainment of the Ladies and pretty Girls of Great Britain, not forgeting those of Dublin and Tipperary.
by Gaya, Louis de
London : printed for W. Reeve, at Shakespear's-Head, near Serjeant's-Inn, Fleet-Street, 1748
Fourth edition improv'd.

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Matrimonial ceremonies display'd wherein are exhibited, the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprizing practices of near one hundred different kingdoms and people in the world, now us'd in the celebration and consummation of matrimony. Collected from the papers of an old rich bawdy batchelor; with great variety of remarks by him, serious and humourous. To which is prefix'd, The comical adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven wives; with the character of each: a genuine story. Also an epigram on matrimony, in Latin and English, and an alphabetical index. Publish'd for the information and entertainment of the ladies and pretty girls of Great Britain, not forgetting those of Dublin and Tipperary.
by Gaya, Louis de
London : printed for W. Reeve, at Shakespear's-Head, near Serjeant's-Inn, Fleet-Street, 1748
Second edition improv'd.

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