juste milieu
Example Sentences
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Because," said Cibber, peevishly, "you all want the true savoir faire nowadays, because there is no juste milieu, young gentlemen.
From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles
His only trouble now, in the dull and lazy times of the juste milieu, is drowsiness.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
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
The state of things called for decision, and knowing the condition of affairs in the Carrousel, I preferred siding with the juste milieu, for once in my life.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
His Gymnase repertory is of the Left Centre, the juste milieu, nearer the National Guard than the royal guard.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron