beseeming

Example Sentences

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"A bonny thing it is, and a beseeming, that I should be kept at the door half-an-hour, Captain Stanchells," said he, addressing the principal jailer, who now showed himself.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

Wherefore, we conclude, that Christ did voluntarily, and of set purpose, choose sitting as the fittest and best beseeming gesture for that holy banquet.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

You, Roman soldiers, fellow-mates in arms, The blindfold mistress of uncertain chance Hath turn'd these traitorous climbers from the top, And seated Sylla in the chiefest place— The place beseeming Sylla and his mind.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

A hope beseeming Marius; but, I fear, Too strange to have a short and good event.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

It was like a masquerade of rank and culture in the rags of misery, beseeming it as ill as an unsuitable part in a play.

From Footsteps of Fate by Couperus, Louis