meetness

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Did they sit in that dim sweetness Of attained love's after-calm, Marking not the world—its meetness, Marking Time not, nor his fleetness, Only happy, palm to palm?

From Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II by Dobson, Austin

Elizabeth Jones has since died, and has left ample testimony to her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and her meetness to appear in the presence of God, through the merit of her Saviour. 

From The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

He used to observe, from Genesis, ii, 18, "I will make him a help-meet for him;" that there is not meetness, there will not be much help.

From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by Richardson, John Purver

“There is meetness in all things,” said the old lady, picking up her distaff.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

The rose is the fairest of earthly flowers— It is all of beauty and of sweetness— So my dear maid, in the heavenly bowers, Excels in beauty and in meetness.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various