ask for the hand of
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He might have enough to keep him comfortably, and, above all, acquire a position that would entitle him to go to Sir George Haredale and ask for the hand of his daughter.
From Hard Pressed by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
A struggling doctor could not ask for the hand of an heiress.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
A week before this, Andreas Döderlein, confidently expecting that Herr Weisskopf would ask for the hand of his daughter, had borrowed a thousand marks from him.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
"Suppose he ask for the hand of our daughter."
From The Good Time Coming by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
What had happened in Estrada-Rosa's house, when the Indian went to ask for the hand of the se�orita?
From The Grandee by Palacio Valdés, Armando
