Every rich young girl who is married ought to include in her corbeille de noces the dot of some poor girl. |
Wasn't that a divine flash about the corbeille and the mayor? |
Besides, the money for a corbeille is needed to decorate your house in Paris. |
Was not the corbeille de mariage a wonder and an envy to all her acquaintance? |
The word corbel, French corbeille, means literally a large flat basket. |
He smiled as he thought of the magnificent corbeille of flowers which he had already sent over to the Restaurant Bavaria to be placed in the breakfast-room. |