beseeming

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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

Neither can they make good or evil, beseeming or not beseeming, what they list, but their commandments are to be examined by a higher rule.

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

This is a better cue, far more beseeming princes than boyish tears, and all the outward misery of woe, a tattered garment and dishevelled locks.

From The Rise of Iskander by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

"A bonny thing it is, and a beseeming, that I should be kept at the door half-an-hour, Captain Stanchells," said he, addressing the principal jailer, who now showed himself.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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)