Meanings of good dowry in inglés

Henriette's father was well-to-do, and he would give her a good dowry.

Find yourself a nice noble wife, dear, one with a good dowry, and then settle down.

They're all going to need a place in the world and Ursula will need a good dowry.'

I have two daughters to raise and I am determined to leave them with a good dowry.

I was glad I should have a good dowry-quiteproud to be of some use to the convent.

Be assured I shall not charge more than last time, unless the bride has an extra good dowry.

Beauty is a good dowry to bring a poor, lean, worldly curate of your Church, and he knows that.

If when she reached marriageable age he could afford a good dowry, she would link him with some wealthy family.

I kept thinking: why would a 26-year-old woman, with a good dowry and a secure home want to marry this fellow?

To marry her without a good dowry would be to condemn her to forced labor at the side of a destitute husband.

Any other burgher's daughter in the town would be glad to give thee her hand and heart, and a good dowry beside.

Germaine, to whom her mistress and adopted mother gave a good dowry, has just married Petit-Jacques, quartermaster, lately returned from his military service.

"If Thou wilt assign a good dowry, husbands will be found for those charmers most easily."