bear the palm

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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

"And your sewing-party will quite bear the palm for this season, Mrs. Rexford, quite the palm; for no other has been honoured by the presence of the Principal."

From What Necessity Knows by Dougall, Lily

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

Under such a criterion the most popular work of art would necessarily bear the palm of supremacy.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of

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 The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia