"Solemnize" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the Churches libertie herein, or of the practise of this libertie, may peruse the ninth chapter of Ester, in which it will appeare, that Gods people by the commandement of Mordecai, did euery yeare solemnize and keepe holy the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the moneth Adar, in remembrance of their great deliuerie from the Treason of Haman. Vpon these grounds the last euer renouned Parliament enacted, That wee should for euer spend the prime part ...
— An Exposition of the Last Psalme • John Boys
... thither and enjoy their superstitious rites!" cried Joseph, indignantly. "I will not allow my subjects to seek for their dead underground. They shall not solemnize the corruption of the body; they shall turn their eyes to Heaven, and there seek for the immortal spirit of the departed! They shall not love the dust of their forefathers, but ...
— Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach
... was attacked long before Mr. Wilmot entered public life was the law which related to the performance of the marriage ceremony. At that time the only clerical persons authorized to solemnize marriages were the clergymen of the Church of England, ministers of the Kirk of Scotland, Quakers, and priests of the Roman Catholic Church. This was felt to be an intolerable grievance, because it prevented Methodists, Baptists and all ...
— Wilmot and Tilley • James Hannay
... persons that are to be married dwell in divers Parishes, the Banns must be asked in both Parishes; and the Curate of the one Parish shall not solemnize Matrimony betwixt them, without a Certificate of the Banns being thrice asked, from the Curate of ...
— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England
... quite regular, and a most splendid termination of a remarkable romance. So the entire party assembled within the little cabin and about the door to witness the second ceremony that Professor Porter was to solemnize ...
— The Return of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... Majesty's English or Scottish subjects, nor of any other Christian nation, within this province, shall contract matrimony with any negro or mulatto; nor shall any person, duly authorized to solemnize marriage, presume to join any such in marriage, on pain of forfeiting the sum of fifty pounds; one moiety thereof to her Majesty, for and toward the support of the Government within this province, and the other moiety to him or them that shall inform and sue for the same ...
— Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments • Various
... Mr. Lytton; I am ready to wait on you. I prefer, however, to solemnize marriage in the church, when possible. There must be witnesses also. And if you have none at hand the sexton and some members of his ...
— Victor's Triumph - Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
... 'totum in parte' acting of an act, which in a true member of Christ's body is supposed to be perpetual. Thus the husband and wife exercise the duties of their marriage contract of love, protection, obedience, and the like, all the year long, and yet solemnize it by a more deliberate and reflecting act of the same love on ...
— The Literary Remains Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Edited By Henry Nelson Coleridge |
