modest violet

Example Sentences

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The modest violet thus, concealed in thorny places sheds all unseen its delightful fragrance around.

From Paul and Virginia by Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de

Let us be like the modest violet, who hides her beauty, rather than be boastful and foolish, as the stag was.

From Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners by Bates, Loïs

"If I had been a modest violet by a mossy stone," laughed Kate, "should I have taken up this work?"

From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson

It was not the blue of the hyacinth gleaming in the forest glade, nor the modest violet that empurples the path.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

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