modest violet
Example Sentences
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The r�le of the modest violet was not to be mine, I could see from the outset....
From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine
In a large garden there grew a fine oak tree, with its wide-spreading branches, and at its foot there grew a sweet and modest violet.
From The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young by Newton, Richard
You needn't hang your head, Mollums, like a modest violet; it's a solid fact.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol
He stood between the queenly rose and the modest violet.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
Down in a humble dell A modest violet chanced to dwell Remote from gayer flowers; Its days were passed in simple ease, It sipped the dew and kissed the breeze, Nor thought of happier hours.
From Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. by Parker, Richard Green
