beseem
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But, after this, it would not beseem me to do else than record the fact that the new suburban district springing up beside the road, half a mile past Welling, is called “Crook Log.”
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.
Of course, I have nothing to say against my daughter—she's my own uprearing, so it would ill beseem me to run her down.
From Frances Kane's Fortune by Meade, L. T.
It would ill beseem the honor of this house to turn from its threshold a suppliant who asks of you nothing save what Christian love and God's command alike enjoin upon you as a duty.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
Does it beseem a grown-up man like you to be as disobedient as a capricious child?
From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r
Oh! your Majesty," broke in De Scud�ri, taking up the jest and carrying it on, "would it indeed beseem a deeply sorrowful bride to adorn herself in this splendid fashion?
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
