beseem

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"The better then doth it beseem both the place and me," he replied.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

"Ay, love! but here fall more drops,—more and more;—these showers are longer than beseem the April, and pertain not to the June."

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

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)

Surely 'twould ill beseem me ought from the stores to take.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Her deep blushes, and the bashful, yet imploring expression of her eyes, convinced him that God had joined two hearts together, and that it would ill beseem him to part them.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar