It was partly the result of the evolution of the National Assembly itself, partly the result of compromises and dickerings between hostile groups.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
The compromises which women make for matrimony had offered him food for reflection long before he ever saw Mrs. Collingwood; but what he could not understand was why she should have been among those who have to make compromises.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
He saw that these people here, for all their intellectual superiority, their fluent social accomplishments, their familiarity with philosophical compromises, were simply evading the facts.
"Command"
William McFee