bear the palm
Example Sentences
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And when the race is run, the victory given, How sweet with the redeemed to bear the palm, Ten thousand times ten thousand saints in Heaven, Who hymn eternal praises to the Lamb!
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul
Quite free from flattery, I say, Your countrymen, for penetration, Must bear the palm from every nation; For e'en the dogs they breed excel Our own in nicety of smell.
From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur
But alligators bear the palm for ugliness, size, and strength.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James
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
Of De Maupassant's sustained efforts "Une Vie" may bear the palm.
From Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant by Maupassant, Guy de
