 | Theophilus Moore - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...slavery lights the marriage torch — slavery leads them, alone and unattended, to the marriage-bed. The husband visits his wife as he can find opportunities,...when he pleases to take another, without ceremony, without reproach. In SIERRA LEONE, polygamy is practised. The women are frequently hostages for alliance... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...slavery lights the marriage torch — slavery 'leads them, alone and unattended, to the marriage-bed. The husband visits his wife as he can find opportunities,...when he pleases to take another, without ceremony, or reproach. SIERRA LEONE. — In each of the cities is a kind of boarding-school or monastery for... | |
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... on the happy day;— • slavery lights the marriage torch — slavery 'leads them, alone and unattended, to the marriage-bed. The husband visits his wife as he can find opportunities, and leaves her when he pleases to take another, without ceremony,... 