beseem

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Tell me what,-- Thou speak'st of matters which beseem thee not.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

"My Vladek, I cannot; the more thou art thought a Don Juan, the less does it beseem me, an actress, to take thee to a lone woman who attracts the attention that Hela 22 does."

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Those robes your character beseem; When they are worn we'll make you new.

From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Wilson, Epiphanius

Oh! your Majesty," broke in De Scud�ri, taking up the jest and carrying it on, "would it indeed beseem a deeply sorrowful bride to adorn herself in this splendid fashion?

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

It would ill beseem the honor of this house to turn from its threshold a suppliant who asks of you nothing save what Christian love and God's command alike enjoin upon you as a duty.

From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul