bear the palm

Example Sentences

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They might contrast it unfavourably with Britain, but as compared with the other colonies, it ought to bear the palm.

From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen

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

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

They bear the palm, the olive, the rose, the lily, the mirror; sometimes a sceptre and crown.

From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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