1 Should he allow her, on marriage, a dowry of, say, two hundred thousand roubles, she will be a very nice catch indeed.
2 He will take you with your dowry and take Mademoiselle Bourienne into the bargain.
3 He did not know at all how much he had, what his debts amounted to, or what dowry he could give Vera.
4 A few days before the wedding Berg entered the count's study early one morning and, with a pleasant smile, respectfully asked his future father-in-law to let him know what Vera's dowry would be.
5 The icons, and my dowry bed, all the rest is lost.
6 The dowry of his wife amounted to fifty thousand crowns, and he had, besides, the prospect of seeing her fortune increased to half a million at her father's death.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 7. The Examination. 7 Ever since Valentine's dowry had been mentioned, Morrel had been silent and sad.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 63. The Dinner. 8 When, however, we both grew up, they sent Ctimene to Same and received a splendid dowry for her.
9 She had gone to Ergushovo, the estate that had been her dowry, and the one where in spring the forest had been sold.
10 There's messuages; tenements; napery; cattle; my dowry; an inventory.
11 By paying a small sum every week into a society, he ensured for both his daughters a dowry of one hundred pounds each when they came to the age of twenty-four.
12 She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE