And jest at this time the dowery in Loontown fell onto Elnathan, so that they all come East. |
In conformity with this conception the Libyan maidens earned their dowery by their surrender. |
At the junction of Bromsgrove Road and Illey Lane a plaque has been erected as a reminder of the bygone Dowery Dell Viaduct. |
Women who had been convicted of adultery, were compelled to give a part of their dowery to their deceived husbands. |
If this be the accurate reading, Grainnes dowery must have formed an element in the conflict. |
This dowery he regards as the equivalent of, and as fatal to him as the treasures of the Argive Helen were to Menelaus. |