embarras de richesses
Example Sentences
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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
In the meantime you are, after all, only suffering from an embarras de richesses; it's far better to have too many suitors than none at all.
From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
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
If good looks were a qualification for such employment, that civilian must have been troubled with an embarras de richesses.
From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Callwell, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir
And so, having visited, re-visited, and re-visited again this splendid hexagon on the European map, I yet find in the choice of holiday resorts a veritable embarras de richesses.
From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
