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 Thomas Forester
Here was, therefore, an embarras de richesses, which could be got rid of only by a judicious process of elimination, that is, by discarding all like-sounding symbols but one for the same sound.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
It seems to be an embarras de richesses," said Meredith laughing, "and I do not wonder.
From Pine Needles by Susan Warner
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 Horace Waller
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 Frances Milton Trollope
