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

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)

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

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

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

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

From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel