All 9 Uses of
dowry
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- 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.†
Chpt 7-8 *
- I had two hundred thousand francs placed in the hands of Morrel & Son; these two hundred thousand francs were the dowry of my daughter, who was to be married in a fortnight, and these two hundred thousand francs were payable, half on the 15th of this month, and the other half on the 15th of next month.†
Chpt 27-28
- At one end was the receipted bill for the 287,000 francs, and at the other was a diamond as large as a hazel-nut, with these words on a small slip of parchment:—Julie's Dowry.†
Chpt 29-30
- This letter" (as he spoke, Maximilian drew a letter from the purse and gave it to the count)—"this letter was written by him the day that my father had taken a desperate resolution, and this diamond was given by the generous unknown to my sister as her dowry."†
Chpt 49-50
- "Sir," said the count, "the world, unjust as it is, will be pleased with your resolution; your friends will be proud of you, and M. d'Epinay, even if he took Mademoiselle de Villefort without any dowry, which he will not do, would be delighted with the idea of entering a family which could make such sacrifices in order to keep a promise and fulfil a duty."†
Chpt 59-60
- Ever since Valentine's dowry had been mentioned, Morrel had been silent and sad.†
Chpt 63-64
- "I," said Danglars, "have always intended giving my daughter 500,000 francs as her dowry; she is, besides, my sole heiress."†
Chpt 81-82
- "I accept it," said she; "he has a right to pay the dowry, which I shall take with me to some convent!"†
Chpt 91-92
- Shall you be able to pay M. Cavalcanti the five hundred thousand francs you promise for my dowry?†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
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(dowry) in some societies, money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
or less formally: money or property a bride brings to a marriage