De Indische gids, Volume 6

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C. E. van Kesteren, R. A. van Sandick, J. E. de Meyier
J. H. de Bussy, 1884
 

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Pagina 108 - Uxores habent deni duodenique inter se communes, et maxime fratres cum fratribus parentesque cum liberis ; sed, si qui sunt ex his nati, eorum habentur liberi, quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est.
Pagina 945 - Er is geen God dan Allah en Mohammed is de gezant van Allah!
Pagina 107 - ... binding her daughter to a due observance of that chastity which matrimony is expected to command for more than two days in the week. After a great deal of apparently angry discussion, and the promise on the part of the relations of the man to pay more, it is arranged that the marriage shall hold good as is customary among the first families of the tribe, for four days in the week, viz.
Pagina 113 - ... to throw all the weight of the body upon the heels. Yet there is no slouch in his walk ; it is light and springy, and errs only in one point, sometimes becoming a strut.
Pagina 101 - ... and after another marriage has been consummated between her and another husband, and this husband also has divorced her. It is not a common custom, especially among the middle ranks, for an Arab to have more than one wife at the same time; but there are few of middle age who have not had several different wives at different periods, tempted to change by the facility of divorce.
Pagina 931 - Die vjeschtitza ist von einem bösen geist besessen: wenn sie in schlaf fällt, geht dieser aus ihr heraus, und nimmt dann die gestalt eines schmetterlings oder einer henne an, dieser geist ist wesentlich eins mit der hexe. sobald er ausgegangen ist, liegt der hexe leib wie todt, und dreht dann jedesmal den kopf dahin wo die füfse sind, so kann sie nicht wieder erweckt werden.
Pagina 107 - ... and , in compliance with old established custom , the marriage rites during the three remaining days shall not be insisted on, during which days the bride shall be perfectly free to act as she may think proper , either by adhering to her husband and home , or by enjoying her freedom and independence from all observation of matrimonial obligations".
Pagina 338 - Les plus beaux traits d'une sérieuse morale sont moins puissants le plus souvent que ceux de la satire; et rien ne reprend mieux la plupart des hommes que la peinture de leurs défauts.
Pagina 941 - Javanen zoo geliefkoosde gele zalf) besmeerd, met bloemen versierd en met arèn-bladeren tegen de zon beschut. Het bruiloftsfeest wordt gevierd met een maaltijd en onmiddellijk daarna neemt het snijden van de rijst een aanvang.
Pagina 98 - And joining hands before him , the marriage is valid , for better for worse, till the expiration of the term agreed on. And if they have a mind to part, or renew the contract, they are at liberty to choose for themselves what they judge most proper; but if either want to...

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