hymeneal
Example Sentences
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Since that time their happiness has never had the least interruption; except from the hymeneal expedition of my friend Henry.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Sophia Reeve
Freddy has said many a charming thing about the pear-blossom; about nature's awakening; about the hymeneal birds—things that, as Prue says, are almost poetry just as he speaks them, without any alteration.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
Under the glow of torches, surrounded by a joyous company, dancing and singing hymeneal songs, the bride was led to the house of her future husband.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
An additional proof of his good sense was exhibited by his leading to the hymeneal altar the amiable Miss Jane Van Ness who proved worthy of the noble man of her judicious choice.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
By numbers sought,—averse alike to all; Impatient of their suit, through forests wild, And groves, in maiden ignorance she roams; Nor cares for Cupid, nor hymeneal rites, Nor soft connubial joys.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
