bear the palm

Example Sentences

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And no man of this band can bear the palm from me in the use of those powers which Heaven has given us.'

From The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence by Ballou, Maturin Murray

So, too, in laments for the dead, the superior brevity and simplicity of Martial bear the palm away.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

One called "The Pass of the Sierra" may easily bear the palm among much descriptive writing.

From Authors and Friends by Fields, Annie

Let him who has won bear the palm.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George

Ye gods, it doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone.

From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John