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I mean, in humbler homes, in Victorian times, the ceilings wouldn't have been high.

Bryson's 'Short History' Of Household Objects 2010

For those of us who move in humbler circles take a look at the OUP blog here where the very lucky Judith Luna, Commissioning Editor for Oxford World's Classics recounts her experience at yesterday's London film premiere of Sweeney Todd.

Judith goes to the cinema 2008

For those of us who move in humbler circles take a look at the OUP blog here where the very lucky Judith Luna, Commissioning Editor for Oxford World's Classics recounts her experience at yesterday's London film premiere of Sweeney Todd.

Judith goes to the cinema 2008

Note: It isn't just the Balcones and Atascadero hills that get steep: Out here in humbler San Rafael and Santa Julia we have some great views, and you know what that means!

What I love about San Miguel de Allende 2005

It must be "humbler" -- "_yet aspiring_" does away the modesty, and, after all, _truth is truth_.

The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

It is the clarity that is sometimes most astonishing: you can see eucalyptus against the sky, pines marching in humbler ranks along the ridge, and you get a sense of the texture of the grass even though you can’t really observe it.

So Close, So High, So Clear « Unknowing 2009

Now, the meaning is more exalted than the expression, and the expression humbler than the meaning. [

Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic Street, Tony 2008

I just recalled a humbler example of the benefit of bringing on board someone with a different perspective from the majority:

The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Critic of Judge Sotomayor’s “Wise Latina” Sentence: 2009

It doesn't usually make for either longevity or real quality, and I hope they continue to turn their attentions to the things that truly interest them and remain unafraid to produce smaller, 'humbler' movies.

With True Grit, the Coen brothers have given the western back its teeth 2011

Mr. Obama tries hardest of all to make good on President Bush's discarded promise of a "humbler" nation.

Obama's Foreign Policy Paradox Matthew Kaminski 2010