ask for the hand of
Example Sentences
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Sir Henry de la Zouch would take advantage of to-day's festivity to ask for the hand of Doll.
From Heiress of Haddon by William E. Doubleday
One day the king sent Good to Ceylon to ask for the hand of the daughter of the King of Ceylon.
From Twenty-Two Goblins by Arthur William Ryder
"Suppose he ask for the hand of our daughter."
From The Good Time Coming by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
This was the reason why Nekhludoff considered that he had no right, even if he desired, to ask for the hand of Korchagin.
From The Awakening The Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Prince Godfrey had wished to ask for the hand of Yvonne, but she, knowing her father's iron will, begged him to delay.
From The Green Forest Fairy Book by Loretta Ellen Brady
