juste milieu
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The juste milieu of brandy, so favored in 1832, if we can believe Mr. Hamilton, was not thought of in 1857.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various
The state of things called for decision, and knowing the condition of affairs in the Carrousel, I preferred siding with the juste milieu, for once in my life.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
If you put too much cream, you will make the tea cold,—if you put too much sugar, you will make it syrupy,—you must arrive at the juste milieu in a cup of tea!
From God's Good Man by Marie Corelli
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 Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount Esher
There was not much juste milieu about Huxley.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Margot Asquith
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