beseeming
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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
Arise! from your dreaming, In bright Orange bowers, To duties beseeming, Your fame and past powers.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
Meekness is so beseeming every man, that it is even humanity itself.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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
Bluff commonsense, which proffers such homely wisdom with beseeming pathos would of course be morally indignant at the opponent who attempted to show that the apple did not make the apple tree.
From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.
