juste milieu
Example Sentences
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The Carlists looked distrustful, the republicans bold, and the juste milieu alarmed.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
In stirrups, as in most other things, there is a juste milieu; and if the American dragoon is on one side of that, so is the Arab of the Desert on the other.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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)
With reference to the waist, as to every thing else, the juste milieu is literally the thing to be desired.
From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia
