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Meanings of primrose path in English

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Usage of primrose path in English
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Now or never is the moment to tread the primrose path.
The Mason-Bees
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But Zinzendorf was not long allowed to tread the primrose path of peace.
A History of the Moravian Church
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I had consecrated my life to His Work; and I took the primrose path.
The Ragged Edge
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His imagination saw the primrose path of the future stretch before him in a golden glow.
The Vision Splendid
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Once arrived in Canada, the settler soon found that he had no primrose path before him.
The Canadian Dominion: A Chronicle of Our Northern Neighbor
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Some event of the morning had, it would appear, given him pause on his primrose path.
Barlasch of the Guard
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Burke's was not the primrose path of dalliance.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
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He treads the primrose path of dalliance
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
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A mistress of the great art of pleasing made knowledge from the first a primrose path to him.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
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But a friend introduced him to avant-garde theatre, thereby launching him on the primrose path into the arts.
The Guardian
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In treading the " primrose path of dalliance" he allowed no grass to grow under his feet.
The Story of Versailles
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The primrose path of joy pursue:
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20,...
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The man with whom she enters the primrose path feels that he is as good as his fellows.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
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But perhaps she was, by this time, accustomed to the dalliance of her Ludwig along the primrose path.
The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
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It provides a primrose path to stagnant pools, to an Arcadia of thistles, and a Paradise of mud.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 / A Magazine ...
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Ten minutes later he was treading the primrose path of dalliance with an arm around "Nosey" Marion.
Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
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