ask for the hand of

Example Sentences

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I have come here to ask for the hand of your daughter.

From Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm by Schanche, Henninge Krohn

He could not bring himself to reply that he had come to ask for the hand of Stepan's sister-in-law Kitty, though that was really his errand.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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)

I might probably have ventured to ask for the hand of the daughter of some county family.

From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony

Madame de Portenduere went this morning to Rouvre to ask for the hand of Mademoiselle Clementine for her son.

From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott