bear the palm

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Prynne's fellow pamphleteers, Bastwick and Burton, were not far behind him in the violence of their invectives, but the lawyer must be admitted to bear the palm for sharp sayings.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)

It must be admitted that in this respect authors, but especially poets, bear the palm.

From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

And no man of this band can bear the palm from me in the use of those powers which Heaven has given us.'

From The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Indeed, I believe it may be said of English officers in general, that in personal appearance, and in polished manners, they bear the palm from those of the same class over the world. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

And when the race is run, the victory given, How sweet with the redeemed to bear the palm, Ten thousand times ten thousand saints in Heaven, Who hymn eternal praises to the Lamb!

From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul