modest violet
Example Sentences
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He stood between the queenly rose and the modest violet.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
Then I left the poor pale lady to still her beating heart and kill her deadly apprehensions in the embroidery of the lily of the field and the modest violet.
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
Several varieties of the lupine and the larkspur clothe the hillsides with every shade of color, while the modest violet seeks secluded spots in which to bloom.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
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
The modest violet thus, concealed in thorny places sheds all unseen its delightful fragrance around.
From Paul and Virginia by Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de
