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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
acute
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
all
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was twenty-one, and she eighteen.
autumn
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From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
best
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
bless
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From this reading Such were these two--God bless them!
blessing
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
brave
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
chance
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
double
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
duties
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
early
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
easily
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
eighteen
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From this reading He was twenty-one, and she eighteen.
endure
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
enjoy
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
enter
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
falls
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
folk
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
fresh
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
God
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From this reading Such were these two--God bless them!
happiness
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
happy
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was twenty-one, and she eighteen.
hearts
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
holy
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
hopeful
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
John
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From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
late
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From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
like
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
love-marriage
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
March
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From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
marriage
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
married
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From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
meeting
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
moulded
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
other
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
perhaps
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
prudent
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
rich
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
riches
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
sanctified
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
say
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was twenty-one, and she eighteen.
sometimes
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such were these two--God bless them!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Such were these two--God bless them!
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Such were these two--God bless them!
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
threshold
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
together
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
too
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
true
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
twenty-one
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From this reading He was twenty-one, and she eighteen.
two
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From this reading Such were these two--God bless them!
unions
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
Ursula
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From this reading In the late autumn, John married Ursula March.
very
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was twenty-one, and she eighteen.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such were these two--God bless them!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
young
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From this reading It was very young--too young, perhaps, prudent folk might say: and yet sometimes I think a double blessing falls on unions like this.
youth
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From this reading A right and holy marriage, a true love-marriage, be it early or late, is--must be--sanctified and happy; yet those have the best chance of happiness, who, meeting on the very threshold of life, enter upon its duties together; with free, fresh hearts, easily moulded the one to the other, rich in all the riches of youth, acute to enjoy, brave and hopeful to endure.
