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THE PRESENCE OF THE HYMEN was formerly considered a test of virginity, but this theory is no longer held by competent authorities, as disease or accidents or other circumstances may cause its rupture.
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THE PRESENCE OF THE HYMEN was formerly considered a test of virginity, but this theory is no longer held by competent authorities, as disease or accidents or other circumstances may cause its rupture.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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You are NOW to know, that upon this very morning, an embassy from the willow-wearers all -- or, to speak indeed more germanely to the matter, of the BASKET-BEARERS [22], waited upon their beautiful enemy with an ultimatum and manifesto in one, importing first a requisition to surrender; then, in case of refusal to capitulate, the announcement that HYMEN having found in
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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Enter HYMEN, leading ROSALIND in womans clothes, and CELIA.
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HYMEN comes when he is called, and Love when he pleases.
The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Mark Lemon 1839
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HYMEN, the god of marriage, imagined as a handsome youth and invoked in bridal songs
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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HYMEN, the god of marriage, imagined as a handsome youth and invoked in bridal songs
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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HYMEN, the god of marriage, imagined as a handsome youth and invoked in bridal songs
Legends of Charlemagne Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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HYMEN, the god of marriage, imagined as a handsome youth and invoked in bridal songs
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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HYMEN steps, and traverses the globe; p. O'er burning sands, and snow-clad mountains, treads,
Canto II 1803
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