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I often said to a younger girl friend: “If you are marrying without love, after all, do not talk to your husband. Please him as much as your nature can tolerate; do not argue with…

Contributor:

Rahel Levin Varnhagen

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1799–1800

Subjects:

Marriage, Love, Salon, Women, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Letters
Engraving of woman seated in front of a tree at a table, facing the viewer with her left elbow resting on the table and her right hand holding a book in her lap.
Letter to His Bride
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Most magnificent and honored bride, my lady I gaze upon you: Since I left Piacenza, I can honestly say that I am far away from my life. Oh, how can I live, and how can I hold up my limbs when I am so…

Contributor:

Salamone Candia

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1590

Subjects:

Love, Women, Travel, Marriage, Betrothal, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters