beseeming

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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 Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

A hope beseeming Marius; but, I fear, Too strange to have a short and good event.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

Wherefore, we conclude, that Christ did voluntarily, and of set purpose, choose sitting as the fittest and best beseeming gesture for that holy banquet.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a souldier, resolute in Iesus Christ, as I can testifie he was.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

Meekness is so beseeming every man, that it is even humanity itself.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh