juste milieu

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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

I will cling with tenacity to that juste milieu under which we have hitherto so eminently prospered.

From The Infernal Marriage by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

His political position in the juste milieu is unexciting.

From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir

Now it was precisely in attempting the juste milieu between these extremes that our prophetical speculators wrecked themselves.

From The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Rogers, Henry

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