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Meanings of becoming the wife in English

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Usage of becoming the wife in English
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And your marriage,-theBeauchamps will never consent to Rosa becoming the wife of a-a--
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 / A Maga...
2
Now, I must reconcile myself to becoming the wife of this detestable Mr. Flem.
La Tontine
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The usual story is, that she resigned her office on becoming the wife of Hercules.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
4
God be blessed that I escaped the disgrace of becoming the wife of such a man!'
Within an Inch of His Life
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He hoped that she would yet be saved from the worst-frombecoming the wife of Tallman Taylor.
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
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I fled then from London, to escape the danger of becoming the wife of Lord Stuart McKenzie.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
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Oddly enough, it was Heloise herself who objected to becoming the wife of the man she loved.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 1
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Had she ever thought of becoming the wife of that man with his awkward manners and Connaught brogue?
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891
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There's but one way I know of to hinder her from becoming the wife of her cousin Cypriano, and that is-
Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
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She had come to prove to Barbarina that she should not even dare to think of becoming the wife of her son.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
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They were sisters, known as the Grimké sisters, Sarah and Angelina, the latter becoming the wife of Theodore W. Weld, a noted Abolition lecturer.
The Abolitionists / Together With Personal Memories Of The Strug...
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She could not bring herself to marry him; but, at least, she would not break his heart by becoming the wife of any one else.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
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This was exactly what she had marked out for herself, when she sold her soul to the fiend, in becoming the wife of Lord Vincent!
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
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"I have but one wish-thatof becoming the wife of Gunther."
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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"I never had the remotest intention, madame, of becoming the wife of Lord Linden."
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
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