bride

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bride

A woman newly married, or about to be.

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But the false bride said to the prince, 'Dear husband, pray do me one piece of kindness.

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After more silent walking, the bride stops short, to say in a passionate manner:

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Nay, but I am to bring good fortune to the bride by accompanying her through the church-doors," said Robin laughing.

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Tomorrow night I shall sit with my bride by my own hearth-fire.

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The train of withered mourners, the hoary bridegroom in his shroud, the pale features of the aged bride, and the death-bell tolling through the whole, till its deep voice overpowered the marriage words, all marked the funeral of earthly hopes.

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And likewise a voice kept saying in my heart, "If ever you find your Golden Bride, be sure she will die.

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And the imperious Ginevra looked at each piece of furniture with the minute care of an antiquary examining a coin; she touched the silken hangings, and went over every article with the artless satisfaction of a bride in the treasures of her wedding outfit.

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They went away to strange towns, but when people learned where they came from, they were always asked if they knew the two men who had fed the bride to the wolves.

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Basilio, however, reviving slightly, said in a weak voice, as though in pain, "If thou wouldst consent, cruel Quiteria, to give me thy hand as my bride in this last fatal moment, I might still hope that my rashness would find pardon, as by its means I attained the bliss of being thine.

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There were three other couples, following the bride and bridegroom: first, Martin Poyser, looking as cheery as a bright fire on this rimy morning, led quiet Mary Burge, the bridesmaid; then came Seth serenely happy, with Mrs.

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There is no knowing in what this burst of feeling might have ended, if Miss Snevellicci had not at that moment proclaimed the arrival of the fly, which so astounded the bride that she shook off divers alarming symptoms which were coming on very strong, and running to the glass adjusted her dress, and calmly declared that she was ready for the sacrifice.

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As for the bride, no words can describe how lovely she looked, or how well she went through it all.