embarras de richesses

Example Sentences

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So great, however, is the number of similar, but apparently independent, structures, that we suffer from a perfect embarras de richesses.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

Is not the dyer bewildered with an embarras de richesses, so that he knows not where to choose?

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

I remarked coolly that I could not make up my mind what to do, as I had an embarras de richesses.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis

I really am afraid to enter more at large upon this theme, from a literal embarras de richesses.

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton

It seems to be an embarras de richesses," said Meredith laughing, "and I do not wonder.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan