 ... ever less employed ; for the same reason they chose the fourth finger, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preserving a ring from bruises, having this one quality peculiar to itself, that it cannot be extended...  A Lift for the Lazy - Seite 91von Henry Wharton Griffith - 1849 - 195 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 Seiten
...Apollo, 1788, and that, "for the same reason, the fourth finger was chosen, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preserving...stretched out to their full length and straightness." The rigid notion of married women never putting off the wedding ring, is supposed to have originated... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 Seiten
...it is less employed. For the same reason they chose the fourth finger, which is not only less used of sir Robert Gary, afterwards earl of Mormouth, was mistress of the peculiar quality, that it cannot be extended but in company with some other finger, while the rest... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 Seiten
...the rest, but is more capable of preserving a ring from bruises, having this one peculiar quality, that it 'cannot be extended but in company with some other finger, while the rest may be singly stretched to their full length and straightness." Some married women are... | |
 | 1842 - 404 Seiten
...it is less employed. For the same reason they chose the fourth finger, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preserving a ring from bruises, having this one peculiar quality, that it cannot be extended but in company with some other finger, while the rest... | |
 | Book - 1846 - 156 Seiten
...it is less employed. For the same reason they chose the fourth finger, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preserving a ring from bruises, having this one peculiar quality, that it cannot be extended but in company with some other finger, while the rest... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 Seiten
...ever less employed ; for the same reason they chose the fourth finger, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preserving...other finger, whereas the rest may be singly stretched to their full length and straightness. Some of the ancients were of opinion in this matter, that the... | |
 | 1915 - 558 Seiten
...ever less employed ; for the same reason they chose the fourth Finger, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preserving...from bruises, having this one quality peculiar to iteelf, that it cannot be extended but in company with some other Finger, whereas the rest may be singly... | |
 | John Timbs - 1858 - 296 Seiten
...urged that the fourth finger was chosen from its being not only less used than either of the rest, but more capable of preserving a ring from bruises ; having...company with some other finger, whereas the rest may be stretched out to their full length and straightness. FLEET MARRIAGES.* Before the passing of the Marriage... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 280 Seiten
...urged that the fourth finger was chosen from its being not only less used than either of the rest, but more capable of preserving a ring from bruises ; having...company with some other finger, whereas the rest may be stretched out to their full length and straightness. FLEET MARRIAGES.* Before the passing of the Marriage... | |
 | William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1877 - 624 Seiten
...ever less employed ; for the same reason they chose the fourth finger, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preserving...other finger, whereas the rest may be singly stretched to their full length and straightened. Some of the ancients' opinions in the matter, viz. that the... | |
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