juste milieu
Example Sentences
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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
The Carlists looked distrustful, the republicans bold, and the juste milieu alarmed.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
As an attempt to prove that the juste milieu met with popular approbations I think the experiment was a failure.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
There was not much juste milieu about Huxley.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot
