Lexicographical Neighbors of Trothing
Literary usage of Trothing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"r>l. wards opened with France, and mention was made of be- 152- trothing her to
Francis or the duke of Orleans, the bishop of Tarbe, the French ambassador, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1857)
"... when negotiations were in progress for Ixv trothing Carlos to the Archduchess
Anno, daughter of the Emperor Maximilian, tho Emperor wrote : " ' His ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1812)
"He caressed me much on giving me the be- trothing ring, which was a large diamond,
and repeated his promise to take care of me all his life-time, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1860)
"The SECRETARY also exhibited a similar, but more elaborate, document, the form
being printed, and the words of the trothing inserted with the pen. ..."
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