To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.

The Book of Common Prayer

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Topic

Marriage

Source

Solemnization of Matrimony The Book of Common Prayer

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

The Book of Common Prayer (American). Episcopal Church, 1928.

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I've known rivers:
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Rivers Life experience Acquiring wisdom

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Langston Hughes
Source
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1921 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." The Crisis, June 1921, I. 1.

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If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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