embarras de richesses
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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 Matilda Betham-Edwards
The only difficulty in such embarras de richesses of subject and such scantiness of time, is to decide what not to do.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne
It seems to be an embarras de richesses," said Meredith laughing, "and I do not wonder.
From Pine Needles by Susan Warner
It was an embarras de richesses rarely met with; and in the rich and precious braids the ivory fingers were clutched, dishevelling them, tearing at them, in the excess of pain.
From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai
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 G. J. Whyte-Melville
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