| 单词 | dower |
| 例句 | “To help in raising and dowering her three daughters, as they are soon to be of marriaging age.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In 1796, Judge learned of Martha Washington's plan to sign over her dower enslavement to the first lady's granddaughter as a wedding present, ensuring her bondage back in Virginia. Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z In order to qualify as worthy husbands, Singerman says, Egyptian grooms and their families need to save up for dower money or jewellery to give the bride. Why young adults are waiting to grow up - BBC News 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The property was originally a “dower flat”, originally used to house an aristocratic widow. Britain’s smallest £1m flat up for sale 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z June 30, 1908: The Tunguska Event “It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws.” June 30, 1908: The Tunguska Event 2012-06-30T22:45:00.290Z Liszt had legitimatised the birth of his children, had educated them, had dowered his daughters, and they proved all three a source of sorrow. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Visitors made note of his slaves, and the vast number of "dower" slaves at Mount Vernon estate. Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z A very strong personal connection must in time have been established between a nunnery and certain families from which, in each generation, it received a daughter or a niece and her dower. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Were that all," rejoined Ella, "I should not count myself very rich; but I have more than that, cousin--enough to dower me to as gay a citizen as any in Ghent. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Mohammad gave him back Juwairiyah, but only to ask him immediately for her hand, offering as dower the sum of four hundred drachmas. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Thy sons shall grow in wisdom's power, Thy daughters win an ampler grace, And both shall mould that higher race Gifted with learning's priceless dower. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z The Liberator concluded by discussing Judge's enduring status as a "dower" slave: Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z There are two such dowers in the Register of Godstow Nunnery. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z His wife was to retain the lands of her dower, or to receive a competent equivalent for them. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z I come to ask thee to give me thy daughter Fatimah in marriage.'—What dower bringest thou?'—'Thou knowest my poverty. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Miss Barrington with half a province for her dower, would be no more in my eyes than Miss Barrington as she sat at breakfast this morning. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z As Martin Gay's wife was not an absentee she was entitled to her third or dower right in her husband's estate. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The chief barrier which shut out the poor from the nunneries was doubtless the dower which, in spite of the strict prohibition of the rule, was certainly required from a novice in almost every convent. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "By that grave, my lords, which made me orphaned girl and dowered lady, I deny you wife and ward." In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Go sell thine armour and bring me the price thereof to serve as my daughter's dower.' The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z A trick of the imagination would have dowered it with spars covered with clouds of snowy canvas, and launched it upon the sea of dreams. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z He had, moreover, the very great good fortune to love and marry a woman dowered with every quality that can fill a house with sunshine. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z How happy I was in the 'spirit's dower when first it was wed,' I told thee in that earlier day. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Felicity has no large dower, and I can leave but little if I provide for all my children. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Such is the wise custom of the dower which the enemies of Islam call the purchase of a wife. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z He suddenly found himself dowered with an unwonted ability to reason, to see, to read beneath the surface. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z “Don’t care, provided she is a tidy, sensible, active lass, with a good character for her dower.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Thou didst tell me all; and yet thou knowest, that even then, had I asked any part of thy dower, it would have been to bear the sweet fruit, rather than the sweeter blossoms. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z And not many weeks back he had looked no higher, aimed no farther, but had deemed her birth fit dower. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Over and above the dower, the Mussulman husband has to defray household expenses without touching his wife's fortune to which he has no right. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z No less a man than Taine declares that Browning stands first among English poets—“the most excellent where excellence is greatness, the most gifted where genius is a common dower.” Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The peculiarities in the treatment of wardship, of dower, of inheritance, appear not only in opposition to the feudal treatment of all these subjects, but in close connexion with old Saxon usage. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Then the wife is entitled to her dower in the real estate; that follows as a necessity. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Fain would she have come to him openly and proudly, with her dower in her hands, as she had dreamed that she would come. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I make a difference between granting divorce to a man and to a woman, and for this reason: A woman dowers her husband with her youth and beauty. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z So lives the Artist in the work he wrought; Yet Nature dowered the Man with gifts more dear— A chivalrous true knight in deed and thought, Without reproach or fear. O. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z Seisin, inheritance, dower, leases, and the like are discussed, and the pleading, though370 subject to the custom of the manor, takes very much the shape of the contentions before the royal judges. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In the one case she is entitled to five thousand dollars and one-third of the personalty, and in the other case she is entitled to her dower. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z If there be no dower, he shall give her one mana of silver for the repudiation. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z In Chapter XI. if any one died indebted to the Jews his wife should have her dower and pay nothing of that debt. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z We crave the gain, but despise the getting; We want wealth, not as reward, but dower; And the strength that is wasted in useless fretting Would fell a forest or build a tower. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Richly dowered with nobility himself, himself superior to every fortune, incapable of subjugation by any fate, a master owned among the mightiest, the dominant function of his life was ministration. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z That prize of yours, I fancy, will be so made prize of, as to bring a larger dower in going from us than when it came to us. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z "Peaceful thoughts be her portion, dreams her dower," Here am I on my knees, praying. Cornish Catches and Other Verses 2012-01-15T03:00:13.973Z This is a woman's dower right, and amounts to a third interest in her husband's real estate. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z The Church, the Body of Christ, is as completely possessed by all the truth which came by Jesus Christ as it is dowered with the grace which also came by Him. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z But his Maker dowered him with a mind attempered to defiance of every difficulty. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z What can material poverty signify to a people dowered with such treasures of the imagination? Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z "Let nothing come nigh her to lead to her joy's betraying, No cloud dull aught of the golden dreams, her dower." Cornish Catches and Other Verses 2012-01-15T03:00:13.973Z Thus she dowered and provided for many maidens whose names are mentioned in the Archives of Lille. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z My law it is in pleasure's paths to stray, My creed to shun the theologic fray; I wedded Luck, and offered her a dower, She said, �I want none, so thy heart be gay.� The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z All were dowered with kindred capacities for nobility. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z On the contrary, we have regarded sleep as an independent phase of personality, existing with as good a right as the waking phase, and dowered with imperfectly expressed faculties of its own. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z "And you would marry Frank, if the dower was secured?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Such is the penalty her dower of New World gold and silver brought her. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z My father set my sister up in business as a British peeress and bought her her husband and settled a whacking dower on her. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z She was a beautiful rosebud, fresh, sweet, delicate, and probably, as that is the rule, dowered with marvellous intelligence. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The young Queen herself, who in Paris had not been remarkable for devotion, seemed on entering the heretic country to be dowered with a new piety and zeal. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z Bhootea, savage, Mongol--whatever she was, she was of those whom God had dowered with beauty, and she stood before me a lithe, supple elf of the woods. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z So much for the claim that the French law has dowered the world with a steady ratio. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Ecclesiastical Courts were frequently held in church porches, as at the south door of Canterbury Cathedral; schools were occasionally established in them; and here the dower of the bride was formally presented to the bridegroom. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z A datura blossom was the bride and a wood-apple the bridegroom; she was playing the part of the go-between, and was negociating the dower. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Some were of opinion that it had been built as a dower house to one or other of the succeeding owners of Sotherby Hall, others that it had been a separate demesne altogether. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z And therefore it was Christ's intention, and His certain will, that not only particular Churches, but the universal body of the Church, should possess the test and the dower of unity. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z We are not concerned with tracing the effects of this extraordinary movement further than as they bore in their train the dower of a currency of gold. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Another, dowered with a sense of humour unusual among horses, stepped delicately over the furze-bushes, and, amidst rounds of applause, walked through the lime with a stoic calm. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z If I must touch on their nuptial duties, there is Afferenda, whose appointed function is to see to the offering of the dower. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z I am to receive a large dower, and am not yet ready for the wedding; but I will do my best to see that we are married soon.” The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Gregory Lamb's handsome face had had almost as much to do with winning her as his lying tongue, which dowered him with splendid wealth. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z And yet I doubt, And looking on thy face I doubt the more, Lest all thy dower of fairness be the gift Of Aphrodit�, and I fear to fight Against the immortal Gods.' The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z She was herself rich in what has been styled with poetic license the fatal dower of beauty and was as clever as pretty. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z Other possessions, gifts of royalty, or dowers of heiresses came and went. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z The youth was ready to set forth, and the princess, too, for her dower had long since been made ready. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z But teaching them has not dowered me with any disdain for my students. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Also he gave Hermes a great jar to take along; this jar was Pandora’s dower. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z By the philippics of Jeremiah, thou deservest a wife with a figure like a durra loaf, and dowered with nine sisters for thy support! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z FREEBENCH, in English law, the interest which a widow has in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in the case of freeholds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The dower supplied by the troll was worth more than the king’s whole country, and they did not know how they were to take it home. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Ne'er brought a bride such dower as thine, Michigan, my Michigan. Pioneer Day Exercises 2011-10-19T02:00:21.770Z Very far away seemed the voice of Hermes saying, “This jar, too, is from Olympus; it has in it Pandora’s dower.” The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Whereas an ungrateful country dowers a lieutenant's relict with �40 a year, a captain's with �70, a major's �100 and a colonel's �120. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Dowager, dow′a-jėr, n. a widow with a dower or jointure: a title given to a widow to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z With this power to foretell results, Lincoln was more richly dowered than any modern leader. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z And this purse will dower her if she be a maid, or, if she be a wife, will stand her in good stead against a time of famine.” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z They went on, and they came at last to the place where Epimetheus had left the jar that held Pandora’s dower. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z It was against nature that a man dowered as he should so live to himself alone. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Dowry, dow′ri, n. the property which a woman brings to her husband at marriage—sometimes used for dower. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z But these things are independent of deep humanity, and by as much as she fell short in them she was richly dowered in other ways. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Her priest, then, he said, should away to the guillotine; though she had only to marry, and sign the promissory-note for the dower, to set the parson at liberty. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z "Why," the latter explained, "your wife's inchoate right of dower is still outstanding." Object: matrimony 2011-09-10T02:00:27.977Z Some souls are so dowered that they have this grace without effort, and come like the sunshine with welcome and cheer for all the world. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Catherine was now informed that her dower in money would amount to a hundred thousand ducats. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Her father was satisfied with the marriage gift which Bar Noemi brought his daughter; merchants always regard it as a great point to have the question of dower settled before the conclusion of the match. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z There also he would bring together each winter bands of young Englishmen, dowered with more romance than pence. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z But if the marshal were to conceive the hope that his son might receive the crown of the Grand Principality as the dower of my daughter! The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z And none any longer dared envy the lovely maiden, for never had a princess brought a richer bridal dower into the country. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z In 1751 his marriage with D. Maria Salema brought him a rich dower which enabled him to live in ease and cultivate letters; but in later years a law-suit reduced him to poverty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z And when the earth expires, And mute are all her choirs, O Maple Leaf, Thy dower thou dost shed Of tribute, richest red, Upon her sombre bed, O Maple Leaf. Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse 2011-08-23T02:00:28.813Z It is when nature is called upon to exert her amplest power that she responds most bountifully and dowers both children and mother with better health in return. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z "I do not want a dower," said he, cynically; "and of the other pleasures I have no lack as I am." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z It was obvious, therefore, that on the score of expense alone it would be difficult for him to give a dower to Violet sufficient to support a second home. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Never was woman less religious; few women have been dowered with her state-craft. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Some will be boyish always; others were never young: a few—most richly dowered few—are man and boy together. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z If she is, all is well for me—for her it will be just a question of her dower of heavenly venturousness. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z These—a rich dower—she is about to carry into the shades of domestic life. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z Nevertheless, a poor girl whose only dower is her beauty finds it often a perilous gift. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Was he not as richly dowered with dramatic power, as inventive, as responsive to opportunity, as ready to master a new craft? A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Thus from very early times we find that it was a German custom to provide every bride with a dower, and this is remarked upon by Tacitus. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z He could dower the insubstantial sigh of a long dead soul or people with the wing�d word. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Just before his second marriage he gave to the children of his first marriage certain portions of his estate, reserving the right of dower for his second wife. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Melon-flowers do not make up “for the buttercups, the little children’s dower.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z If he is sufficiently adroit he robs his suspended figure of all awkwardness, and he dowers her with a floating ethereality surpassing that attainable by any living performer. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z A mad marriage it was, where the bride had no dower and the bridegroom not even the ownership of his own limbs to work for their support. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z True art must have the warp of materiality, interwoven with the woof of life, or else the coloration and designs of the imagination cannot avail to dower it with immortality. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The question was, whether a certain woman who claimed dower in my land could probably show a state of facts that would legally entitle her to recover. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z He had his own church; Nature had early led him to its door; he had found God visibly present in the immensities, and with the power had recognised his love too as the nobler dower. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Shall not one hour of all those hours suffice For resignation God hath given as dower? Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z After awhile Jericho affects to agree to dower his step-daughter, and he says: John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Do I not find royal wives for German princelets, and do I not dower them handsomely into the bargain? and yet they give me the cold shoulder in return. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Also of her dower house, with all its beautiful furnishings. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Art thou not Helen, dowered of the gods With all that man can covet? Eight Harvard Poets 2011-06-26T02:00:08.617Z The girl's inclinations are never consulted, and she submits to her lot with stoical indifference; she is given dresses, mattresses, and cushions by way of dower. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z A woman who sells her beauty for a rich dower is honored in church and in State. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z Many come as sacrifices to family poverty or family pride, because their noble parents are too poor to maintain them suitably, or in order that their fortunes may swell the dower of some married sister. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z For a moment the three stood like wood-nymphs about the spring, vigorous, clear-eyed, richly dowered with health and color and body and limb—typical mothers-to-be of a wilderness race. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z You are very eager, that I can see; but you really must wait a while, for there is still something wanting to my dower, but the next time you come it shall be all right.' Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z "A dower to marry them; O lady mother, my heart is very sick: A dower to marry them; Alas, alas, that I should have to die." Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Wharton's first wife, Ann Lee, brought him a large fortune and a plain face; his second, Lucy Loftus, was heavily dowered, but her character almost matched his own—and that is saying a great deal. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z When Richard had settled a dower on her, she went back to France. Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools 2011-05-23T02:00:09.167Z And the earth kept those two, who rose above her level like two lofty mountains, dowering her with streams, with healing virtues, and with lofty views, she giving only clouds to them in return. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z That dower was worth more than all the king's land and realm, and they were at their wits' end to know how to carry it with them. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z For though God had bestowed on her the rare dower of a fine mind, He had not added to it the much more common, though infinitely less precious gift, of a quick intellect. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Thus could the Earth with strength her lover dower, And very near to victory could bring. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z The apple's boast the meadow heard, The meadow rich beflowered: "Boast not, thou smooth, round apple red, But see how I am carpeted, So green and richly dowered!" An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z Among its many great rewards It gives you dry docks and ship yards, To drive your mills great water power It doth give you as a dower. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z Yes; the lad was ready enough, and the princess too, for her dower had been long waiting. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The parents of the one, the wife of the other, were provided for, the children were educated, dowered. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z By cunning chicanery he had forced his daughter's sudden marriage, hoping that Arctic dangers, often fatal, would soon make her a widow dowered with millions. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z It formed part of the dower of Susanna Fontanarossa, for, as we have already seen, it could not be sold without her permission. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z A mild imbecility may be an enviable dower, now and then in life. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z That morning he had been a beggar, and had been unwilling to give his child away, because he had no dower for her. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z Richly dowered, the Duchess let her go from her. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Indeed, I have the most affectionate and jealous regard for every right that inheres in my dower of American womanhood. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z And Man, in his quality of high priest of a temple, thenceforward dedicated to Goodness, Beauty, and Truth, was destined to dower and glorify the world by their bestowal. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z It's God's own land for the nimble trout, And ferns and waving flowers, The bracken and the bilberry, And the ash the coral dowers. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z It comes to thee, I suppose, as the dower of thy bride? The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z The omission of the settlement does not, however, invalidate the contract, for under any circumstances, the woman becomes entitled to her dower of ten dirhams or more. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z The meeting soon afterwards took place, and the new king was united in marriage to the Princess Cleopatra, receiving with his bride a right royal dower. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Had the Countess's former cold, harsh demeanour been but the mask for the intense hunger of a strangely dowered nature that could find no fit nourishment? 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z What is the hero that he should be dowered with the love of virgins of Paradise? The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Moreover, it is understood that in recompense for the slimness of the dower Charlotte, you, and your sister will lodge and board with me, without, to put it plainly, any expense to you. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z This dower house Mrs. Gladstone converted into a training home for the girls, under the charge of a very charming nurse of her own children, who had lately married. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Every nun must bring her dower with her; she is else the refuse of the convent. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z I am drunken with your dazzling loveliness, O queen of grace and beauty dowered with your Young budding flesh so marvellously pure! Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z This lady's father was a Protestant, and when he heard of his daughter's becoming a Catholic, he withheld the dower which he had promised her. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z It contains, in fine good louis, the dower I promised you, to which I have just added two thousand four hundred livres. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z A dower house now, it had once been the principal mansion of his family. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z The parallel chains of the Rockies, the Selkirks, and the Coast Ranges are a rich dower. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Heroes with helpful virtues dowered, Sonorous with courage, heroes crystalline, O through my heart now let the radiance shine That from his aureolar sword is showered! Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z I leave thee dowered with no obscure, no vulgar name! for the day shall come, when, among the matrons of Italy, it shall be thy boast to say,—"I was the love of Monti." The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z "The thought of a dower never presented itself to me; be convinced of that, Monsieur Desmarais." The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Yea, hope at highest and all her fruit, And time at fullest and all his dower, I had given you surely, and life to boot, Were we once made one for a single hour. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Though her love was sought by princes, though with her dower she might have enriched an emperor,—what availed it? The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z The howling beasts he chased awoke the skill That in his hands had slept; and pride dowered him With vehement strengths that foam and over-brim, That he himself his destiny might build. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z David shivered a little as he threw in the clutch, passed on round the back of the building and through the iron gates of the ancient dower house. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z I am a woman whom God has dowered with some little good sense, that is all. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z And that is not all; my late husband left no will, and I have steadily refused to make any contest for more than my dower rights. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z This costly store I left for thee, my native land, my brother, sire, My reputation—all; and with this dower I came. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Wladimir was divinely inspired to dower his country with the true faith. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z "It should have been my widow's dower," said the princess, resentfully; "it is now the property of my son, and ought to afford his mother a refuge." Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z If your man is as persevering as enamored—not of Charlotte, but of her fortune, for, do not mistake, the fellow is after nothing but her dower—he will find a way to meet her. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Listen, by force of forging, shoeing, mending wagons and saving from my daily bread for twenty years and more, I laid by a little sum for my daughter's dower. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z "I'm much too young to think of such things—besides, who'd have me, with no dower except my beauty, such as it is, which, as your Ladyship knows, is not lasting." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z We do, however, know from the historian, Socrates, and from Synesius, bishop of Ptolemais, who was her pupil, that she was one of the most richly dowered women of all time. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z At last I knew that Ibrahim Velagic had got together the number of heads demanded by my father for my dower, and that to-day he was coming to claim me as his bride. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Handsome presents, consisting of jewels, apparel, &c., are presented to the woman and her family, and form part of her dower in case of divorce. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z He was no longer young--fifty-one, or -two; held a high command in the army, and brought her as dower a not inglorious past. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z All will be gay, till Time has painted black The Marigold, her mother's chosen flower,— Far brighter is my Heartsease, Love's own dower. Mr. Punch's Country Life 2010-12-20T17:12:17.723Z The before-mentioned stipulation was made as to the blows; and she brought her dower of cattle. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z After that, the fathers discussed the dower, and the mothers talked about the outfit, the kitchen utensils, and the furnishing of the house. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Among some of the Arab tribes the dower received on such occasions, and called the "five articles," consists of a carpet, a silver nose ring, a silver neck chain, silver bracelets, and a camel bag. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Human beings," the article begins, "differ not only in the knowledge they have acquired, but in their dower of intelligence or natural ability. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Though Margaret brought to Henry a rich dower, he was persuaded to consent to the deduction of a large portion of Maine and Anjou to her father R�n�. Cathedral Cities of England All the national feeling of Egypt was aggrieved by the ruler who treated the dower of Cleopatra—the imperial gem of Augustus—as a storehouse to be plundered at pleasure. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Its origin was the grant by Henry I. to his second wife, in dower, of the forfeited “honour” of Arundel, of which the castle was the head, and which comprised a large portion of Sussex. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" "Ah, but she won't get off so well this time," he thought, and he made his way along the overgrown path that led to the dower house. The Undying Past Human beings," said the article, "differ not only in the knowledge they have acquired, but in their dower of intelligence or natural ability. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z “Well, to be plain,” said the other, “I think yon bonny head is well dowered wi’ brains. The Great Mogul "She is sure to marry again," thought the lady; "and, dowered as she is, she ought to marry a duke, at least." Love Works Wonders A Novel Josephine soon consented to give her hand to the young soldier of fortune who had no dower but his sword. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 This is considered one of the best examples of chests in existence, being wonderfully carved, of solid oak, and probably used originally as a dower chest. Remodeled Farmhouses This conclusive argument brought her prospective dower so close to Nanny’s eyes that it hid the poorhouse. The Little Minister His sons gained profitable court appointments, or high military places; and his daughters, who were well dowered, increased the circle of his influential "friends." Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. I may say, honestly, I should be glad if your father's son could win my niece; as for fortune, she will be richly dowered if I make her my heiress. Love Works Wonders A Novel For she did not believe that Lieutenant von Reuter could marry a girl without a dower, no matter what his personal inclination might be. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas It seemed to Michael that in after years he would always think of Oxford dowered so with Summer, and brooding among her trees. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Nothing which could be looked for on such an occasion was left undone, and Lisabethli had no cause to complain of her dower, her outfit, or the wedding banquet. Barbarossa and Other Tales It is often found in connexion with the distinct custom that the widow shall take as dower the whole and not merely one-third of her husband’s lands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Of what use had been her beauty, of which her poor father had been so proud—of what avail the genius with which she was so richly dowered? Love Works Wonders A Novel I will own it—despise me more than you do already, if that be possible—I married her for her wedding dower, and because I dared not offend Mr. Darcy. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir His child was to him “a cherubim infusing him with fortitude from heaven,” and he gave to her the richest dower of inheritance—knowledge, with purity of heart and purpose. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 It pays sometimes to begin with the mother and finish with the dower. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 What I propose is that your father and mother shall come home and take possession of the dower house, and that your father should act as my agent. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War In 1661 it was ceded to the English crown, as part of the dower of the infanta Catherine of Portugal on her marriage with Charles II. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" "Amram married his aunt, and I never heard that she had such a dower; not to say that the relationship in the present case is only a myth." Tony Butler Family and merit on your side are equal to a rich dower on the other. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern And each man takes the proffered dower For golden grain or bitter loss; O, happy he that hath the power To take the gold and leave the dross. In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems Another is a petition concerning concealment of dower, for which, perhaps, there was no legal remedy. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 She was as candid, as single-minded, as passionate as a newly created Eve, and she seemed dowered with a magic power of diversity in simplicity. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece But if he was not asked he would never condescend to demand an entry at Glenbogie as a part of his wife's dower. Ayala's Angel Especially if she happens to be the acknowledged beauty of the London season, and so lavishly dowered as to have had half the bachelor peerage at her feet. A Traitor's Wooing The dower was a constant form of help. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" She was the best dowered maiden for fifty miles round, and though young in her teens, made the yellowest butter and firmest cheese for three villages round. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves "By that grave, my lords, which made me orphaned girl and dowered lady, I deny you wife and ward!" The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II The provision thus made for my beloved wife is designed to be in full satisfaction of her right of dower, or thirds, in my estate. The Will of Samuel Appleton with remarks by one of the executors The cousin was bought off, his consent given, and the Dormers retired to a smaller place, properly the dower house—Hingston Hall, situated fifteen miles from Catsford. The Great Miss Driver In the fifteenth century, Philip the Good of Burgundy, by purchase, usurpation, and marriage dower, became the head of the Low Countries. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women But if you will—if you will—he would aid the Bearnais, or better still, you yourself to a throne, and give me—who can say what?—perhaps this very Roussillon for a dower. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion At the Metropolitan Opera House, two years and a fraction after the trial, the Gold Bookers were on view—men who could have married the Adriatic, dowered her too, whose signatures were potenter than kings. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Thou askedst one made conscious of Thy works and ways, One dowered with sense and passion, which should feel and move And weep with Thee and laugh, one that alas, should love. Satan Absolved The lordship, castle and town of Cardigan formed part of the dower bestowed on Queen Catherine of Aragon by King Henry VII. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The gold will serve for dower and the kiss for farewell. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes You do indeed deserve a province and a dower, were it not that you are too valuable where you are, aiding the Cause—and me, your poor loving 'uncle'! The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion And, as the measures of the song rose and fell, they brought him a transient exhilaration like to that which comes of champagne, dowering him with factitious force wherewith to strive anew. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel In most states this interest or dower is paramount to the claims of her husband's creditors. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman "I am in truth thinking of a bride more noble, more richly dowered, and more beautiful than the world has ever seen." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 They gloss over the hunting for money and the twice-sharpened bitterness of Adam's curse by saying that such things dower a man with a larger range of thoughts and higher aspirations. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Then her portion shall be her dower, and there is only her husband to account to for it. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Further investigation would reveal it a female form, securely bound and lashed to a pole; a female form too, dowered with no small share of symmetry and comeliness. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising She can claim her dower in any land belonging to her husband which her children, if she had any, could have inherited as the heirs of their father. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman The old Mater was a venerable and disagreeable old lady whose bronchitic tendencies had made it necessary to abandon the dower house and make her abode in a more southern county. Lady Cassandra Whether he was prompted by love for his subjects, desire for praise, or the magnificent vanity with which Jey Singh must have been so largely dowered, are questions that concern nobody. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Was she indeed a king's daughter, with provinces to bring in dower, or——No, she could not lie. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Their beauty, their bearing, even their attire, would compare most favorably with any company of young women who are far more richly dowered by dollars. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn When her dower is in mortgaged land, she cannot get possession until the mortgage has been paid. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman This museum was at that period sparsely dowered. Fairfax and His Pride She was a member of a very large family, an orphan with no dower or prospects, and her marriage with Derham, who was a sort of relative, would have been not a glaringly unequal one. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History He particularly remembered poor young girls and dowered them secretly, taking care that they should never know the name of their benefactor. Michelangelo The wife is also entitled to dower out of equitable estates, but joint estates are exempt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" If her husband was not in possession of the land claimed by him before and after marriage, her dower will not become effective until gaining possession. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Failing heirs of Jeanne, the domains acquired as her dower were to revert to the crown of France. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Nicholas de Bonville was styled also "of Shute," by right of his wife Elizabeth de Pyne, of whom and her dower a few words. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West I still have regal splendor, I still have queenly power, And—more than all—unfaded is woman's glorious dower. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The acceptance of a jointure by the wife before marriage was, however, destructive of dower, if after marriage she was put to her election between it and dower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" If he were only the nominal and not the real possessor, her dower will not attach to the land, nor if he were in possession as trustee, the real ownership belonging to another. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman France lost all those rich provinces which had come as Eleanor's dower. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) The time came for him to provide a dower for his daughter, and he saw no other alternative than to sell his library. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Every thing was silent, except that from the room the occupation of which was part of the dower of old Maurita issued the monotonous murmur of a prayer. Black Forest Village Stories By the act the wife’s dower is placed completely under her husband’s control. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" A legal marriage is necessary to sustain a dower estate. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Indeed, a father unwilling or unable to provide a suitable dower for her might force her to become a nun. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) The dower of one lady, then of others, however large, was not enough. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern King Hartstein, this very day will I pay thee the bride's dower. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century A widow tenant in dower may make leases for twenty-one years under the Settled Estates Act 1878. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Whenever a marriage can be set aside for some illegality, and is not, it will sustain her dower on his death. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Matters of marriage, divorce, dower, chastity, and the like are frequently before the prophet's mind; but his precepts, while making concessions to human weakness, are far higher than his example. Oriental Women “What dower did you bring your husband?” an Athenian woman asked of one of them. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern There is no need that we sing restrainedly of our goodly dower, or in measured words, for we are no servile race of hirelings, but free men and proclaimers of this land. Seeds of Pine At common law, and prior to the act of 1834, dower was of a very different nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" So, too, her dower may be lost or barred by a legal separation; if she should re-marry, or the divorce is set aside, her dower would revive. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Even in this horrible scene, in presence of these drunken women and ragged suburbans, she does not lose that gift of pleasing which is her special dower. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Ah! thou hast beauty, Southern Queen, And thou hadst wealth and power; But wealth and beauty proved to thee "A darkly glorious dower." Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Indeed, the opposite was from time immemorial the practice; a dower went with the bride. Roman Women Beside her, on each hand of the pillars of the door, were two handmaids, dowered with beauty from the Graces, and the shining doors were shut. Greek Women In other words she loses her dower whenever her husband has no estate from which her dower can be carved out. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman “Forbes conveyed the property to his wife for one dollar, in consideration of her releasing him from alimony and dower rights.—Yes, she obtained a divorce from him some time in ’86 or ’87. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients Nature had dowered Bissula with charms which the greatest of artists Vainly to picture would strive. A Captive of the Roman Eagles And I know that, in the same mood, she dowered the vulgar horseweed with the breath of the mignonette. The Land of Long Ago “He, with the lash of wealth and power, Flogs out my heart and flings the dower, The plundered pittance of his hour, The robber!” Songs of the Army of the Night The wife is entitled to have dower assigned to her immediately after her husband's death. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Many a marriage has been broken off because the bridegroom would not make such settlements as the father considered the dower demanded. Maids Wives and Bachelors If not, then you have ignored Nature's dower to you. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 She would have said he had the dower of being perennially young. Rose MacLeod The ordinary laws of descent, dower, and curtesy were, however, substituted for the customs in relation to these matters incidental to the land in question before commutation, and the timber became the tenant’s. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" In some states money is assigned to her instead of land as dower. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman He has no idea of marrying a young lady accustomed to servants and luxury, and the question of dower never occurs to him. Maids Wives and Bachelors If the General would do the same thing, Enid would be a bride with a goodly dower. A Life Sentence A Novel How sighed the spirit o'er that loveliest flower That boasts no fragrance to enrich its dower! The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Among them were men who could not alone have wedded the Adriatic but have dowered her as well. Eden An Episode Sometimes a testator provides for his widow in lieu of dower. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman That gleams like the flight of an egret, Or burns like the scent of a flower, With death for a dower? Undertones Then over the virgin corn Besprinkled a dower Of dew-gems—And, I love the cloud for this! Song-Surf Now have they left the wedded pair alone; And Śiva takes her hand within his own To lead his darling to the bridal bower, Decked with bright gold and all her sumptuous dower. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa The phrases had come from him haltingly, one by one, but each he had dowered with an accent that carried conviction with it. Eden An Episode In such a case she may accept the gift, or reject it and claim her dower rights. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman It was as much as he could do to dower the bride with new gowns and underlinen, and here, too, he looked rather to simplicity than to splendor. Pretty Michal Henry VII., in his desire to keep her marriage dower of 200,000 crowns, proposed a marriage between her and Arthur’s brother. Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition Adelheid is rescued, and is brought with rejoicing to Pavia, her dower city, which had already opened its gates to the Emperor, and she and the Emperor enter the city together in triumph. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens It was her mood—a circumstance aiding—that dowered her fancy with wings. Eden An Episode Suppose a testator should own a large amount of land, and in his will should give her only a small amount of money in lieu of dower. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman So, in search of the witch wife, whose dower should be the broomstick horse, that should set the fond couple up in business, started the sanguine lover. The Witches of New York Perhaps no royal lady was ever more magnificently dowered than the queen of Egypt; her apparel might well be gorgeous. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Joanna! born in Fortune’s golden hour, On thee the Holy Spirit pours His Flood And His high grace is given thee for dower. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens The rest of my dower was in the hands of Muki Bagotay, with the exception of what we spent while we lived together. Eyes Like the Sea If eager to get the most possible, she would reject the gift of money and claim her dower rights. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman If I were dowered with that precious hope, not all the crown jewels in Christendom and Heathendom could purchase it. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Clouds o'er each mountain summit ever lower, And gloom enwraps each hushed and quiet vale: Bright eyes grow dim, each rosy cheek grows pale, For change is earth's inevitable dower. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 More than one young woman dowered with generous blood, vitality, and courage has confided in me 180 that whether she should marry or not she wished to be a mother at all costs. Modern marriage and how to bear it She knew that she was gifted with a wondrous dower of beauty. A Mad Love If lands have been exchanged by the husband, she can elect in which she shall take her dower, but not in both. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman I have heard it said that this cap is a maiden's dower. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century They did not know why their father was so pleased with it; they would not know until age had dowered them with the riches of association and remembrance. The Life of Nancy Those ten thousand greenbacks are lawful prize, and should be the country's dower with the maiden. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Of a verity, my good sir, Heaven has dowered my daughter with exceptional beauty, and herein too I have been made rich; but how can you speak of it in the girl's presence? Weird Tales, Vol. II. There can be no dower in a mere personal privilege, or in a revocable license pertaining to land. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman On the one side, there came to it from Toulon two or three nuns of consular families, who brought good dowers with them, and therefore did what they pleased. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages He left £100 to dower poor maidens, and his best "standing cup" to his brethren, the Merchant Taylors. Old and New London Volume I Fling beauty, grace and sweetness round, Festoon your lives with flowers, But ne'er forget that plainest things Are life's most precious dowers. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children They had been dowering her with the grace of Helen, and now she stood before them inexorably bent on trying out. Old Crow The widow of a partner is ordinarily entitled to dower in so much of the partnership land as is left after the payment of the firm's debts and the adjustment of matters between the partners. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman High above all this deferential male crowd, moves the lady of the castle: highborn, proud, having brought her husband a dower of fiefs often equal to his own, and of vassals devoted to her race. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II How could it be brought to pass that the acknowledged daughter of an Earl, dowered with enormous wealth, should become the wife of a tailor? Lady Anna She would rather see him dead than restored to his rich dower of brains and wealth. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday Was he a trader in the desire of beauty, that tragic dower nature had thrown over her like a veil, so that whoever saw it with a covetous eye, longed to possess and rend it? Old Crow But if an agreement among them that the land shall be considered as personal property for all purposes, then no dower therein can be claimed by the widow of any partner. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman From her Canadian sire she had inherited the staunchest constitution, and her thoroughbred dam dowered her with speed, game, intelligence and grace. History of Morgan's Cavalry It was not that he cared for her dower. Lady Anna Montigny, Seigneur Montigny, this is your work, and yet may prove the dearest piece of petty larceny that ever man committed; as dear as would have been to have furnished the dower you refused me. The Advocate That woman would have been a noble wife Had not some villain robbed her of her dower. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts In order to make the election binding, it must be made with full knowledge on the widow's part of her husband's estate, and the relative value of her dower interest. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Such omissions have been made when no slight was intended, sometimes because of previous private settlements, sometimes because a wife is always entitled to her dower rights. An Introduction to Shakespeare It was not, at any rate, the hope of her dower that had induced him to love her. Lady Anna I have brought you kingdoms as my dower," she said, "but I have not, alas! brought you a son so worthy as Ramiro of being their ruler. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Did Jesus still pain's raging storm, And dower the world with chloroform? God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' An absolute divorce, even though for the husband's fault, divests the wife of dower, unless her right is saved by statute. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman It is subject to no invasion by her husband's creditors, yet her dower in his estate remains good. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 He describes her as possessing as her "dower," "a very shower of beauty." My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. We have concealed nothing from them, but confessed in the presence of the old lady Wentzkin, that we were poor orphan girls, and have no dower. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Then up the tree he sprang, and the power Of his sturdy arm soon sent a shower Of yellow fruit as a golden dower. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Quite frequently, the statute provides that there shall be no dower in case of divorce for the wife's fault. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Assuming that each imperial race starts its career dowered with a vital capacity of definite range, and allowing for the necessary divergences in their course between a civic and a national state. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe It was quite a common form of beneficence in old times to provide a dower for a girl that she might marry. Sir Tom It is his dower to London, set forth on one of its most spacious sites. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890. When a woman married, she brought with her a dower, furnished by her parents. History of Human Society Occasionally it is provided by statute that divorce for the husband's fault shall not bar dower; and sometimes a statute requires dower to be assigned immediately upon divorce without awaiting the husband's death. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Thus in a race dowered with the genius for empire, as Rome was, as Britain is, Imperialism is the supreme, the crowning form, which in this process of evolution it attains. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Presently he returned to his prying, and asked: “Can Ollie come in for her dower rights in case the court lets Isom’s will stand?” The Bondboy Harmony and melody should be the dower of all young brides.” Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study This consisted of all house furnishings, clothes, and jewelry, and a more substantial dower in lands, money, or live stock. History of Human Society It may be added that the principles of the common law relating to dower have been largely modified by statute in all the states. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman St. Just's proud resignation, "For the revolutionist there is no rest but the grave," is for ever true of those races dowered with the high and tragic doom of empire. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Most men state plainly how their daughters will be dowered, unless they have reason to suspect the suitor of mercenary motives. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements She would settle herself in the dower house which is almost as fine as Hunsdon Towers. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 This dower began, indeed, with the engagement, and the price of the mundium was paid over to the guardian at the time of the contract. History of Human Society And the said ________, hereby relinquishes her right of dower in said premises. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman It is the contrast between the simplicity of childhood and of senility, between the simplicity of a race dowered with many-sided genius and of a race dowered with but one-sided genius. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe In Greece parents pay a man to marry their daughter, and no man may marry till all his own sisters are provided with trousseaux and dowers. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements Each was dowered with a symbolical meaning; and thus admitted into art, they were conventionalized by being strongly outlined, coloured flat; and by repetition without variation, were converted into patterns. Needlework As Art He was in no wise abashed at this vision of loveliness: if she had a dower of beauty, he had his unstained manhood. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Second: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, C.B., the sum of $________, in lieu of dower, and of any distributive share in my estate to which she would otherwise be entitled. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Girls dowered with beauty or with fortune were not always suffered to marry in this humdrum fashion. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) "Is it some present rare From friend in parting hour; Perhaps, as prudent maidens wont, Thou tak'st with thee thy dower?" Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order To gold and silver textiles their materials have been often a fatal dower. Needlework As Art While springeth fast the precious grain, The young and old exult again, Praise Him with all their powers, Whose benefits unceasing are, With gifts so manifold and rare Who human nature dowers. Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly It was a catch for such as she—a girl without a name, and bare of a dower. The Broom-Squire Mamise had hated and loathed him, but she felt now that Abbie had been righter than she in loving the wretch who had been dowered with no beauty of soul or body. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Beauty of face is but a fleeting dower, A momentary gleam, a short-lived flower, A charm that goes no deeper than the skin; Beauty of mind is firm enthroned within. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order If all living bodies came originally out of the sea, they brought a big dower of the sea with them. Under the Maples Possibly it is too expensive, as the husband must return the dower. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Above all she was dowered with an overwhelming power of enthusiasm. Tante “Too many good Americans have been dragged into hot water by pro-German wives, and I’m not going to marry you till I can bring you some other dower than a spotted reputation.” The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards His character and standing were high, and he was appointed, in company with Titian and Lotto, to administer a legacy which Vincenzo Catena had left to provide a yearly dower for five maidens. The Venetian School of Painting That which prayer ought to seek outside of itself is different from all of these, its dower must be divine. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Unconsciously to herself, Lyle had that day crossed the great divide, and womanhood, with its dower of love and joy, of pain and suffering, was henceforth hers. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West Beyond their personal tie, so her whole demeanour showed him, he had nothing to add to her highly dowered life. Tante A Roman jurist lays it down that it is a good thing that women should be dowered, as it is desirable they should replenish the State with children. The Truth About Woman The people observed a custom for choosing and dowering brides, which was of Asia. The Venetian School of Painting He did not marry till he was forty, and then he married "family," for Lady Agnes Keills, younger daughter of Lord Glencarse, had a long pedigree and no dower at all. Jan and Her Job If there are lineal descendants, then the dower right is one-third, whether the estate is solvent or not. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Richly dowered with crass mediocrity, they proceed from the cradle to the grave at one low dead level. A Great Man A Frolic The absentee Marquis had made with his mother the best bargain in his power, and had let the dower house, known as Cross Hall, to a sporting farmer. Is He Popenjoy? Then came the heaving motion when the shimmering currents caught the two men and tossed them forth unharmed but visibly dowered with the radiance of more abundant life. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Gigantic as antediluvian ferns, as evil-smelling and as dangerous, music in the hands of this magician is dowered with ambiguous attitudes, with anonymous gestures, is color become sound, sensuality in the mask of Beauty. Melomaniacs Laws: Curtesy and dower were abolished by Territorial legislation, but in 1887 Congress passed an act granting a widow dower in all the Territories. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Come, Julia dear, for the sprouting willows, The opening flowers, and the gleaming brooks, And hollows, green in the sun, are waiting Their dower of beauty from thy glad looks. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition No doubt it was the recognised dower house, but nevertheless there was still about it a flavour of Farmer Price. Is He Popenjoy? Progress's dismal dowers Have spoilt the picture; now the eye may feast On garish signs and posters. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 Peace was our baptismal dower; Peace shall bless our dying hour. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark He can do the same with his real estate but can not impair her dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Roses that briefly live, Joy is your dower; Blest be the Fates that give One perfect hour. Italy, the Magic Land The bed is really a work of art, canopied and covered with white satin, over which is the dower of a princess in exquisite point lace. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Dogs! ye one day shall howl for the lost hour, When Venice was a Queen, with loveliness for dower. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 Supple and fierce, it had some dower Of grace unto the searching eye, Some brutal fascination's power, A gladiator's mastery. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems He can do this with his property, but can not impair her dower rights. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV These, and many another whom the gods have loved and dowered with gifts, rise before any retrospective glance over the comparatively recent past of Rome. Italy, the Magic Land And, though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower —Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning And she is not pretty, at all—she is anything but pretty, though she is so good and dear—yet she will never marry unless she has a large dower. The Innocent Adventuress In their golden hair for dowers They have twined with beauteous hands Shells for diadems, and flowers From the deep wild under sands. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems If alimony be claimed the dower is waived. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Rum has not been dowered with a Paisley library, and I regret to say that the natives have the reputation of not keeping the Sunday with ostentatious strictness. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland They refuse, unless you have a dower of at least a hundred francs. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly And there is no money for a large dower, but only for a little bit for her and a little bit for me. The Innocent Adventuress Better such dower than life exempt from woe: Our Fathers knew to suffer; joyed in pain; They knew not this—how deep its root!' Legends of the Saxon Saints Unless the wife unites with the husband in the sale of his real estate, she will be entitled to dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV We are responsible for maintaining or increasing our dower of health by obedience to physical laws; responsible for the cultivation of our intellects, for the development of inherited virtues, and the annihilation of inherited vices. Almost A Man It has always been supposed I did not like my wife very much, because in my will I left her only my "second-best bed"; but then people forget that she also had her dower. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The Portuguese held it before then, and gave it to our nation as part of the dower of Catherine of Braganza, the Portuguese princess who married Charles II. Round the Wonderful World O thou to whom it first occurred To solder the disjoined, and dower Thy native language with a word Of power: We bless thee! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The husband may do the same subject to the wife's dower, or life use of one-third of the real estate. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV She is expected to leave the boys all the property that was his and to dower the sisters from her own fortune. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters The scheme delights my soul: “Fixt my resolve; my country as my dower “Will I deliver, finish so the war! The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II "Under the tenure by which the dower negroes are held he could not manumit them." From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Thus dowered, and guarded thus, with him I walk this peaceful shade, I hear his voice among the trees, And I am not afraid. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul In case of divorce for fault of the husband the wife may have dower as if he were dead. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV In the older documents šarâḳu, “to present,” often occurs, but has in most cases the derived technical sense “to dower,” or “give a marriage-portion.” Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters The vigorous Celtic strain, that in the clash of nationalities can always hold its own against any blood with which it mingles, had dowered him well with Celtic characteristics. With Hoops of Steel "The dower is given to the husband, for him to enjoy the same as long as the marriage shall last." History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III “The golden apples Out of her garden Have yielded you a dower of youth, Ate you them every day.” Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas The husband has the same privileges, subject to her dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV A father was bound to do his best to fulfil his promise to dower his daughter, but no more. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Other wills are being made daily that through sober, virtuous, youthful lives will bequeath to posterity dowers of health, strength, purity and power. What a Young Woman Ought to Know Should he sell any real estate without the wife's consent, in writing, she can, after his death, claim her dower of one-third in such real estate. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III A fighting ancestry had dowered them with the courage that does not know defeat when it is met. Heart of the Blue Ridge The power to make a will is the same in husband and wife, and neither can by will divest the other of dower or interest in his or her estate. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV As I said at the beginning, the Frenchman dowers and marries his girl, the German buys her a refuge, the Englishman leaves her to fate. Home Life in Germany Certain it is that he never used to speak well of any person, however able or good, and however well dowered he saw him to be by Nature or Fortune. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto The husband may bar the wife's dower by a bona fide mortgage given by himself alone or by a judicial sale for the payment of his debts. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Poured in her lap all gems in sparkling showers. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The widow's dower is one-third for life of the real estate, and one-third of the personal estate absolutely if there is a child or descendant of any living. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV I trust that the land hereabouts is dowered with a less painful susceptibility. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy It should be remembered that as it became men dowered with the proud title of American Citizen, the Negro has not been remiss in stating his grievances and appealing for justice. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century She was entitled to dower in any lands of which the husband was seized during marriage. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The huge, disconsolate crows seemed all the life left in the valley, and poplar-trees against the rare blue sky were dowered with miraculous snow-blossoms, beautiful as any blossom of Spring. Tatterdemalion The husband can sell or mortgage all his real estate without her joinder, but subject to her dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV To regulate the right of dower and all rights and obligations of married persons. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II His property before marriage continues his after marriage, subject to her inchoate rights of dower. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I In case of divorce the wife was entitled to her personal estate, dower and alimony, and with the consent of her husband she could devise her real estate. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III I took with me all my property, and I left Messalina with her own small dower to enjoy her freedom in poverty. The Art of Disappearing He can convey real estate without her signature but it is subject to her dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV O heart of mine, with all thy powers of white beatitude, What are the dearest of God's dowers to the children of his blood? Gloucester Moors and Other Poems We do not ask law-makers whether there shall be rights of dower and courtesy—rights to equal shares—rights to this or that interest in property. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I In 1861 the legislature debated a bill to allow a widow, "if she have woodland as a part of her dower, the privilege of cutting wood enough for one fire." History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III One had to know her heart, her nature, so nobly dowered, to see this lighting up of nature's finest work at her coming. The Art of Disappearing To equalize curtesy and dower and the descent of real estate between husband and wife. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Surrounded by the halo of motherhood, richly dowered with intellectual gifts, distinguished for learning, gentleness, and refinement, Beruriah is a truly poetic figure. Jewish Literature and Other Essays They can not escape the legal view which, by constant reading, has become familiarized to their minds: "Femme covert," "dower," "widow's claims," "protection," "incapacities," "incumbrance," is written on the brow of every woman they meet. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I As the province of Touraine was one of the dower possessions of the young Queen, she entered into her own when she visited these royal castles. In Château Land Prince Asander Comes here to ask your hand, and with it take A gracious dower of peace and amity. Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts He can mortgage or convey his real estate without her joinder but it is subject to her dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Here is his wickiup, and here the marriage dower beside it. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts In Paris, to-day, we are told, when the government approaches a man, the way is, not to give him wealth for his own enjoyment, but to dower his daughter. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Madame de Staël's own bedroom is filled with pictures, and souvenirs of the vie intime of one who with all her faults was dowered with a limitless affection for her family and friends. In Château Land Look at the faces of the people dowered with such legends. Through Finland in Carts "The widow may remain in the mansion house of her husband free of rent until dower is assigned." The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV A little to the fore of Simwa's house lies a great heap of blankets, baskets, and camp utensils, displayed to the best advantage, the wedding dower of the Chief's daughter. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts It is the unconstitutionality of laws cutting off the wife's right of dower. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I From some far off ancestor, her woman's dower of pride and silence suddenly asserted itself in Rosemary. Master of the Vineyard Not only could women be dowered with, or inherit, fiefs, and transmit a legal title to them to their own children, but a childless woman was even fully empowered to adopt an heir. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era He may do this but can not impair her dower right to one-third. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Without much strength of will, dowered with more heart than reason, she only knew how to love and to weep. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere The "right of dower" set conspicuously in the foreground—"one equal third part"—at length she comprehended it all. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Uninterruptedly the blood of the Marshs had coursed through generation after generation, carrying with it the high dower of courage, of strength to do the allotted task hopefully and well. Master of the Vineyard The new Empress was dowered with an estate much larger than that of the Emperor himself, although the latter's allowance was increased by ten thousand koku. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era He can do the same with his separate property but subject to her dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV The entry to which he alluded was the grant of certain lands in dower to his Queen Isabella, and it referred by way of recital to her coronation as queen. Coronation Anecdotes The only remedy in this case was to fall back upon her right of dower, and submit to the robbery of the law, in order to escape the worse robbery of the will. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Out of the dust of the past, like some strangely beautiful resurrection, these two had come to her, richly dowered with personality. Master of the Vineyard The inhabitants of the peninsula adored also Cybele, Proserpine, and Jupiter, who, according to a fabulous tradition, had given the town of Cyzicus to the wife of Pluto, as dower. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The husband can not give full title to his real estate unless the wife joins so as to cut off her dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Bud laughed, they shook hands again, and peace was finally made between them; but not until Beef Bissell had signed away half of the interest in the Bar T to Julie as her dower. The Free Range Yet in all the States, if I am rightly informed, the wife forfeits her right of dower in case of divorce for infidelity to the marriage vow. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Few would have called her handsome at first sight, but she was dowered with qualities that were greater than beauty. Lorimer of the Northwest She is the primal gift of God to his intelligent creatures, and is the kingly dower of every human soul. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy This secured to married women the enjoyment of their property, gave them the power to make a will and equalized curtesy and dower. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV A concubine was a free woman, was often dowered for marriage and her children were legitimate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" In Massachusetts and several other States, if the wife desert her husband for any cause, and he procure a divorce on the ground of her desertion, she forfeits her right of dower. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I For Ellen Webster was an aggravating old woman dowered with just enough of the harpy never to be able to leave her antagonist in peace if she saw him at work in his garden. The Wall Between The pearls—which she always wore—some coral ornaments, and a handful of amber beads were her only dower, but her caprices were the insolent and extravagant caprices of a queen. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk No soul should be sad whom the Maker deemed worth The great gift of song as its dower at birth. Three Women Free women might marry slaves and be dowered for the marriage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" I claim, friends, that the laws which cut off the wife's right of dower, in any case do confiscate property rights, and hence are unconstitutional. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Shall not we then be as the flowers, Drinking dew dowers As now thou dost? Path Flower and Other Verses For centuries it was the priceless marriage dower going with certain favored princesses of royal blood. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan That with her dower She bought herself no lord, that she might cower Before upbraidings from her husband's kin? Laments In all these cases the father might dower her. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Tenancy by right of dower is the wife's right during her life to the use of one-third of the husband's real estate from his death. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I "More than peace," the cardinal exultantly replied; "for the Infanta brings peace in her hand as but a portion of her dower." Louis XIV. Makers of History Series They have proved the indictment up to the hilt, but that does not dower any of us Christians with their inherent qualifications as rulers in Islam. Pan-Islam When he married Joanna, he had given her, for her dower, a large territory of rich estates in Italy. Richard I Makers of History All legitimate children shared equally in the father's estate at his death, reservation being made of a bride-price for an unmarried son, dower for a daughter or property deeded to favourite children by the father. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Such is the famous right of dower, which has been the subject of so many stupid eulogies by lawyers and commentators. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I If man and beast and tree and flower Unweave not Love's rich beauteous dower, All Dana� again earth darkles Beneath His ceaseless and golden shower. Song-waves When the wife was endowed generally, the husband seems to have said "with all my lands and tenements I thee endow," and then they all became liable to her dower. Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc In respect to the dower which Richard had demanded that he should restore, Tancred commenced giving some explanations in regard to it, but Richard was too impatient to listen to them. Richard I Makers of History Mr. Rhinehart not only had boys of his own but was in addition enough of a boy himself to be dowered with a keen sympathy and understanding of them. Christopher and the Clockmakers At that time the widow of an intestate dying without children, was entitled, under ordinary circumstances, to dower in her husband's real estate, and one-third of his personal property. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The soul is dowered with awful things, Mystic as sound of unseen wings,— The sense of God, of Law, of Duty, Of Life, and Destiny. Song-waves Thou knowest I brought thee as my dower Eight full coffers to thy bower. p. Brown William The Power of the Harp and Other Ballads He expended the infant princess's dower, which he held in trust for Arthur, as freely as he did the other money. Richard I Makers of History Repossessed of their ancient heritage, the four conqueror Elements sit on their dowered spheres. The Masque of the Elements And he gives her the Vermandois for her dower, the richest land in all fair France, but a land that is never at peace.' The Book of Romance Well, Allan, the boy, grew up, dowered with everything a mother could possibly desire for her son, personally and otherwise. The Rose-Garden Husband Such is manhood's fiery dower, Passion's all-consuming power; Glorious, beautiful, and bright, But too dazzling to the sight! Enthusiasm and Other Poems And if the senses have their rights, we must admit that the higher faculties and feelings of our nature are at least equally dowered in this respect. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies The Winds are in her hair, the Sun dowers her with riches as a bride, the Waters lace her robes with silver cords. The Masque of the Elements The two aunts of these young ladies lived for many years in the dower house upon my estate in Hampshire. Anna the Adventuress If nature dowered me with bounteous treasure You tyrants think 'twas all to serve your pleasure. Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx Really, they needed no dower with their good looks, for they were all pretty. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City It is at once the consummate flower of the divine planting, the priceless dower of His church, and through it works the power of God for salvation. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God Out of my dreams, I fashioned a flower; Nursed it within my heart, Thought it my dower. To Love In retiring, Attila had demanded once more the hand and dower of Honoria, the disgraced sister of Theodosius II. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History We learn that the judge— Wedded a wife of richest dower, Who lived for fashion, as he for power. Penguin Persons & Peppermints |
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