bear the palm
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Public Speaking by Winter, Irvah Lester
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 Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.
There is a newly risen wit and poet, John Dryden by name, who seems to bear the palm undisputed.
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George
