beseeming
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And made Verona's ancient citizens Cast by their grave, beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
Upon the scaffold, he behaved with the firmness which became a noble spirit, and the patience beseeming one who was reconciled to heaven.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe
Thus I complained, but Love unlocked his quiver, Took out the shaft, ordained my heart to shiver, And bent his sinewy bow upon his knee, Saying, "Poet, here's a work beseeming thee."
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
Willingly, noble lady, will we give you our escort,—the more so that this poor child will then have a friend with her beseeming her father's rank.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
Words full of worth, beseeming noble minds: The very balsamum to mend my woes.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
