embarras de richesses
Example Sentences
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If the field of literature connected with Corsica was found barren when examined in prospect of this expedition, that of Sardinia presented an embarras de richesses.
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas
Truly it may be said he has an embarras de richesses!
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace
I do not know that this embarras de richesses is altogether to your credit, but so it is.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.
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
