marriage-portion

When the baggage shall come, do what thou wilt with thy wife, by way of generosity, and we will have patience with thee anent the marriage-portion till then, for there is no manner of difference betwixt me and thee; none at all.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

I have wealth in plenty and needs must I make her marriage-portion five thousand purses.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“Then,” said she, “I come and dower myself for thee, bringing thee, as my marriage-portion, my dress together with the rod and charger and chains and the head of my father, the enemy of thee and the foeman of Allah.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Abd al-Kadir acknowledged receipt of the marriage-portion and amongst the rest, fifty thousand dinars for the nuptial festivities; after which they fetched the Kazis and the witnesses, who wrote out the contract of marriage between the Prince and

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Hayat al-Nufus, in wedlock for his son Ardashir, wherefore, if thou consent to this proposal and accept of him, do thou agree with me for her marriage-portion.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

To raise her marriage-portion, he taxed the English people in a most oppressive manner; then treated them to a great procession, to restore their good humour; and sent Matilda away, in fine state, with the German ambassadors, to be educated in the country of her future husband.

A Child's History of England 2007

A handsome marriage-portion will always attract a husband.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

That is the mantle, covering my bed, and I have kept the money for my marriage-portion.

The Green Fairy Book 2003

Her mother, La Forcade, had been appointed by my son the gouvernante of his daughter and son, and thus the young Forcade was brought up with the Duchesse de Berri, who married her to Monsieur Mouchi, Master of the Wardrobe to the Duke, and gave her a large marriage-portion.

The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

At the age of twenty-two any girl, educated there, who can produce good testimonials while in service, may become a candidate for a marriage-portion of one hundred pounds.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Various