beseem

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And Maud saith— “Prithee, Jack, take no airs, for they beseem thee but very ill.”

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

Who art thou, he said, thou fine fellòw, Of thee I am in great fear, For the clothes thou wearest upon thy back, Might beseem a lord to wear.

From The Book of Brave Old Ballads by Gilbert, John, Sir

His voice is a thin, asthmatic treble, sometimes inclining to be rather lachrymose; but the address and bearing of the little man are as grave and measured as beseem a Dutch merchant.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

"My Vladek, I cannot; the more thou art thought a Don Juan, the less does it beseem me, an actress, to take thee to a lone woman who attracts the attention that Hela 22 does."

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Would such an experiment beseem any other place so well as the madhouse?

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin