He was a relatively impoverished count who could provide little dowry for his daughters. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
In my village, a girl without a dowry was a dead one. From Wordnik.com. [Hungry Hearts] Reference
Part of the dowry was the Port of Bombay in India …. '. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
Part of the dowry was the Port of Bombay in India .... '. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
Such gifts, called a dowry, are common in the Near East today. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Bible views on women] Reference
My dowry was the only temptation to M. de Valorsay, was it not?. From Wordnik.com. [Baron Trigault's Vengeance] Reference
The dowry was a monetary gift to the husband from the bride's father. From Wordnik.com. [WFAA.com Latest News] Reference
A dowry is the father's payment TO a future husband to take her away. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Her dowry was the command of the army of Italy, which, through her influence, the young general received. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges] Reference
"A dowry is the money and jew'ls and things a girl gets from her father to keep for her very own when she marries.". From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
I pay the princess for the use of her name with the dowry, which is royal; I pay you with the princess, who is royal too; and. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
I shall, accordingly, first investigate the rights of the wife over her dowry, that is, the right of managing her own property. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.] Reference
Gome tell me whaur your dowry is hid. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie] Reference
These we call dowry-men or benefactors. From Wordnik.com. [Ideal Commonwealths] Reference
These we call dowry – men or benefactors. From Wordnik.com. [The New Atlantis] Reference
Josephine's dowry, which is the command of the army in Italy. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Regime, Volume 1] Reference
Gervaise kept pointing out the children to Coupeau, what a funny kind of dowry they were. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
The "dowry" wedding gift collection is enough to persuade us that we're the marrying kind. From Wordnik.com. [BlissTree] Reference
Where, however, the dowry was the gift of the bride’s father the conditions were reversed. From Wordnik.com. [Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs] Reference
Israel wanted only the "dowry", not the "bride", i.e. Israel wanted the land, but not its indigenous population. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
A kind of dowry or wedding present was regularly bestowed by a bridegroom when an agreement of marriage had been reached. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
(actually it hates those as explained), but because of the "dowry" that it bring along with. From Wordnik.com. [Kottu] Reference
The seedlings are generally brought by the bridegroom as a dowry for the bride. From Wordnik.com. [West Java, Indonesia Law Requires Newlyweds Plant And Care For Trees (VIDEO)] Reference
French King subsequently directed her to exact a dowry of at least 2000 livres. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
One day he boasted to my mother that he would give our house to his daughter in dowry. From Wordnik.com. [Visions Of Gandhi, Running For Their Lives] Reference
Even with his combined income, he's unable to set aside money for a dowry and wedding expenses. From Wordnik.com. [On Wasata and Bad Roads] Reference
Despite the handsome dowry, the marriage of C200 and the famed business school seemed a strange match. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Down To Cases] Reference
Two years ago he arranged a second marriage in Kandahar, a union that entitled him to a sizable dowry. From Wordnik.com. [Now, The Hard Part] Reference
People who get a lot of support within the party would take with them a very small dowry if they leave. From Wordnik.com. [What's Ahead For Israel?] Reference
And part of it was really the recognition that there was a dowry that was going to come along with these dogs. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To Recovery For Michael Vick's Dogs] Reference
A powerful grandmother ruled the kitchen, along with Panditji, the cook who originally came as part of her dowry. From Wordnik.com. [No Place For Curry] Reference
For hundreds of years, in India and Nepal, a pashmina blanket was an essential component of a wealthy woman's dowry. From Wordnik.com. [Passion For Pashmina] Reference
He was left free to act as he pleased; his wife would willingly give up a part of her dowry to regain her independence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
One day he might be stricken with apoplexy and leave his widow without resources, and his two daughters without a dowry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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