“Ten to one, he is old, and has all the shrivelled, high-dried appearance of the most far-gone and confirmed bachelorism.”
“Often, I say, have I wavered in my faith as to the unapproachable beatitude of bachelorism, when dining out, for example, at a well-appointed marital menage.”
“Numerous initiatives were thus devised and integrated into land settlement schemes to curb bachelorism and promote marriage between white couples.”