seemly

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On the right we have Bill Riley, a Wells Fargo detective from Omaha, on the left Tom Seemly from the Pinkerton Agency in San Francisco.

From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson

See, the Church her head once more hath lifted; Seemly order dwells within her gate; God-sent art adorns her holy precincts, And no more she lieth desolate.

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter

Seemly for Kings to say What e’er the host liketh; Bad will would it cause Were the yeomen’s state worsened.’

From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Hearn, Ethel Harriet

Antonio, you're too bold; this usurp'd liberty To abuse a man of so much merit is not Seemly in you: nay, I'll term it sauciness.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

In some collections the lines are headed "Rules for Seemly Behaviour," and in others "The Barber of Thirsk's Forfeits."

From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by Andrews, William