"Jointure" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... laws, that they shall not marry without our consent, as if it were care and tenderness over them; but is it not lest we should not have the other L1,000 with this son, or the other L100 a year more in jointure for that daughter? These, when we are crossed in them, are the sins for which we water our couch with tears, but not of penitence. Seeing whereas it is a mischief beyond any that we can do to our enemies, we persist to make nothing of breaking the affection of our children. But ...
— The Commonwealth of Oceana • James Harrington
... a year. But as the value of all property improved when, the civil war came to an end, Milton found the whole could now be let for 80 l. But then out of this he had to pay Mr. Powell's composition, reduced to 130 l. on Milton's petition, and the widow's jointure, computed at 26 l. 13 s. 4 d. per annum. What of income remained after these disbursements he might apply towards repaying himself the old loan of 1627. This was all Milton ever saw of the 1000 l. which Mr. Powell, with the high-flying magnificence of a cavalier who knew he was ...
— Milton • Mark Pattison
... of his days. Large as his fortune had been, the last few years of extravagance had made such inroads in it that all that was left of his L30,000 a year was an annual income of L600, which went to his illegitimate son. Fortunately the Countess's jointure of L2,000 a year was secure; and on this income Lady Blessington was able to face the future with a heart as light as it could be after such a bereavement; for, eccentric as her husband had been, and in some ways almost contemptible, she had loved him dearly ...
— Love Romances of the Aristocracy • Thornton Hall
... smaller estate, bordering upon that of Lord Bereford, affording a moderate income, went to the second son Geoffrey, while an annuity of four thousand pounds had been settled upon Lady Rosamond, with a marriage jointure of fifty thousand pounds, to be placed in the hands of the trustees. By the marriage of Gerald Bereford and Lady Rosamond, the latter would secure an inheritance of which she was next direct heir, being the niece ...
— Lady Rosamond's Secret - A Romance of Fredericton • Rebecca Agatha Armour
... Tunbridge Wells, looked into a bookseller's shop on the Pantiles, and, to his great delight, heard a handsome woman ask for the Plain Dealer, which had just been published. He made acquaintance with the lady, who proved to be the Countess of Drogheda, a gay young widow, with an ample jointure. She was charmed with his person and his wit, and, after a short flirtation, agreed to become his wife. Wycherley seems to have been apprehensive that this connection might not suit well with the King's plans respecting ...
— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 • Thomas Babington Macaulay |
