juste milieu
Example Sentences
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He is the juste milieu of the day, and, biding his time, he offers to his contingent supporters “chameleon’s diet—eating the air promise-crammed.’
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Because," said Cibber, peevishly, "you all want the true savoir faire nowadays, because there is no juste milieu, young gentlemen.
From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles
She and Clarendon are so totally opposite, that it is quite absurd, and I only believe the juste milieu....
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount
Her juste milieu, if a trifle becalmed, amounts to genius; and I was—and still am—more interested in her moral, social and intellectual opinions than in most of my friends'.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot
There was not much juste milieu about Huxley.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot
