ask in marriage

Without relaxing the severity of his expression, the colonel fixed his eyes for a few moments on the young man's face, thinking to himself that here was the brother of the Lucienne Oberl� whose hand he had allowed Lieutenant Farnow to ask in marriage.

Was it likely that he would ask in marriage the hand of one of the young heiresses of Storm?

And the girl he has thrashed to-day, the young man will ask in marriage to-morrow.

Meantime, princes came in throngs to ask in marriage this wonderful princess, who was as clever as she was beautiful; but she found none to suit her, probably because the more sense a lady has, the more difficult she is to please.

The father goes to Venice to ask in marriage for his son the daughter of the Doge.