juste milieu

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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

Last year a noble address was delivered by R. W. Emerson, in which he broadly showed the juste milieu views upon this subject in the holy light of a high ideal day.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

This last is a juste milieu view by no means in favour with the inhabitants of either place.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

One's toilet must be a delicate compromise between ball attire and full visiting dress, but Mademoiselle Melanie has hit the juste milieu; and succeeded in carrying me through all the perils of Scylla and Charybdis.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

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