| 1. | People contemplating matrimony are lik. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 2. | I have no thoughts of matrimony at present.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 3. | "A more determined enemy of matrimony than you I never saw," said Sergey Ivanovitch. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 4. | I do not recommend matrimony at present to Emma, though I mean no slight to the state, I assure you.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 5. | "Perhaps," said Elinor, "thirty-five and seventeen had better not have any thing to do with matrimony together. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 6. | The explanation of the intent of matrimony was gone through and then the clergyman came a step further forward, and, bending slightly towards Mr. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 7. | "But, my dear papa, you are no friend to matrimony and therefore why should you be so anxious to pay your respects to a _bride_ It ought to be no recommendation to _you_. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 8. | This form of matrimony was recognised by the ancient Hindus, and is frequent in books. - from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana |
| 9. | Thus much for my general intention in favour of matrimony it remains to be told why my views were directed towards Longbourn instead of my own neighbourhood, where I can assure you there are many amiable young women. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |