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  • You, sir, are young, unmarried, unaffianced, your affections free: such is the condition of the lady.

    Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Daniel Jackson

  • Indeed, why should he not pay attention to an unaffianced woman whose rank was lower if her means were greater than his own?

    Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • I have known men who remain unaffianced in order that they might take care of the children of a deceased brother; and what would become of the world without the self-sacrifice and helpfulness of the maiden aunts I cannot imagine.

    The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony 1867

  • The wife of his friend excited only the respect and esteem of this antique courtier; but a young unaffianced Arachne sat spinning by her side, discreet and ingenious as Minerva, rosy and playful as Hebe.

    The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Jane West 1805

  • He paused a while, then went on: "I think also, cousin, that being, they tell me, unaffianced, you will learn to love, and not in vain, that dear child of mine, whom I leave in your father's keeping and in yours.

    Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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