The national encyclopædia of business and social forms, embracing the laws of etiquette and good society (1879)
McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, Chicago [etc.] The National publishing co · leaf 148
ged at thelast moment to stop and attend to these matters is very annoying, and alsoprevents the bridegroom from looking after the comfort of his bride as heshould, and takes him out of the society of his friends who are assembled to seehim off, at the very time he should be on the spot to receive… … In England marriages are celebrated before noon, and in church. In thiscountry any hour may be selected, and the ceremony may be performed eitherat home or in church, Marriage by a magistrate is perfectly lawful. Most persons prefer to bemarried by a clergyman, and in church. The bridegroom must…
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