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Meanings of high compliment in English

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Usage of high compliment in English
1
Robert flushed with gratification at the high compliment conveyed in these words.
Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
2
Whereupon she laughed as if I had paid her a high compliment.
Simon the Jester
3
What a rare and high compliment is contained in the following passage!
The Friendships of Women
4
The tough old campaigner laughed grimly; he took it as a high compliment.
Under Two Flags
5
Mr. Gusher turned and thanked them for the high compliment thus paid him.
The Von Toodleburgs; Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Fam...
6
It's a very high compliment to you, Basil- averyhigh compliment.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1
7
Now, my dear, was not this a high compliment to him?
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
8
I've paid you a high compliment, young man, an' offered you a lot.
The Desert of Wheat
9
It was golden indeed, and worth a high compliment; but his kind displeased her.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
10
That is a high compliment, for he is dreadfully particular.
A Beautiful Possibility
11
If this be true, their sovereign has paid a high compliment to the Mission.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years ...
12
A week after his arrival Mrs. MacDermott paid a high compliment to her nephew.
Lady Bountiful
13
I've paid you the high compliment of thinking you'd understand.
Madcap
14
This is a high compliment, but was not first bestowed on Dorset by Pope.
Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
15
The extreme interest shown by all visitors constituted a very high compliment to the country.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
16
Cicero pays him this high compliment, in his Limo-
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 14: Lives of the Poets
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