meetness

Example Sentences

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"I have thought so sometimes lately, but I wished so much to be one that, in seeking to fulfil the wish, I may have overlooked the meetness."

From Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Alma, Maude

Oh! does it add to Chloë's sweetness To visit and compare my meetness?

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John

Surely we should desire a meetness for our inheritance as well as a title to it.

From The Theology of Holiness by Clark, Dougan

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

Oh, what is home without a title to, and personal meetness for, that kingdom?

From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel