modest violet
Example Sentences
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The merry-making and feasting continued, the fêtes still being given in Madame's honor, and "the modest violet" might have remained hidden beneath its leaves had not Madame Henriette's schemes involved Louise.
From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
A modest violet be our queen, Still fragrant, though alone, Our king a laurel—evergreen— To which no blight is known.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
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
Who shall say what it has cost them in self-sacrifice to limit themselves to the sober, modest violet for table and bonnet decoration during six whole weeks?
From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max
Salemina assumed a modest violet attitude, declined the honour absolutely, and intimated that there were persons who would prefer talking in a language they didn't know rather than to remain sensibly silent.
From Penelope's Postscripts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
