A Japanese Marriage

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Adam and Charles Black, 1895 - English fiction - 401 pages
"An attempt to present the life of the English in Japan"--Page viii.
 

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Page 388 - Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health ; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? T The, Man shall answer, I will.
Page 388 - N. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.
Page 389 - N. take thee M. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance ; and thereto I give thee my troth.
Page 389 - WITH this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 122 - No game was ever yet worth a rap For a rational man to play, Into which no accident, no mishap, Could possibly find its way.
Page 387 - N, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together according to God's law in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?
Page 276 - Staines to go below, and take some refreshment, the interest and surprise of the officers was not a little increased when, on having provisions set before them, Christian rose up, and placing his hands in a devotional posture, repeated, in a pleasing and serious tone of voice, For what we are going to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful.
Page 389 - Those whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
Page 226 - It is more fitting for you to mind your work, and do your duty in that state of life into which it has pleased God to call you.
Page 388 - Who giveth this woman to be married to this man...

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