bear the palm
Example Sentences
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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.
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
Rahmut, indeed, disdained trickery of any kind; he had won his reputation by sheer prowess and skill in generalship, and if it came to a contest in cunning, Minghal would easily bear the palm.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
They might contrast it unfavourably with Britain, but as compared with the other colonies, it ought to bear the palm.
From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen
