bear the palm

Example Sentences

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So, too, in laments for the dead, the superior brevity and simplicity of Martial bear the palm away.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Under such a criterion the most popular work of art would necessarily bear the palm of supremacy.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of

There is a newly risen wit and poet, John Dryden by name, who seems to bear the palm undisputed.

From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George

Ye gods, it doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone!

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.

I hear, Tell, you're a master with the bow,— And bear the palm away from every rival.

From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich