juste milieu
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We are in the age of the juste-milieu; and this is appropriate enough.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 by Chambers, William
Charles Dix," says a legitimate in principle, 243 but a juste-milieu man in practice,—"Charles Dix has abdicated the throne, which otherwise must unquestionably be his by indefeasible right.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
One is a republican, another Saint-Simonian; this one aristocrat, that one Catholic, others juste-milieu, middle ages, or German, as they choose for their purpose.
From Unconscious Comedians by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
And Vital showed them a hat of a form and design which was truly expressive of the juste-milieu.
From Unconscious Comedians by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
If impartiality consisted in always steering in the juste-milieu, M. Gerusez would be the most impartial of historians.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
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