"Beseem" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... paints and cosmetics. Much sound advice follows as to the respective positions of the master and the mistress in the household, the superintendence of domestics, and the right ordering of the most insignificant matters. The quality of the dress which will beseem the children of an honored citizen on various occasions, the pocket money of the boys, the food of the common table, are all discussed with some minuteness: and the wife is made to feel that she must learn to be neither jealous ...
— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds
... said, "thou fine fell-ow? Of thee I am in great fear, For the clothes thou wearest upon thy back Might beseem a ...
— A Bundle of Ballads • Various
... Joseph spake: "Thy boy hath largely grown; Weave him fine raiment, fitting to be shown; Fair robes beseem the pilgrim, as the priest Goes he not with us ...
— The Professor at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
... on the walls their wives and children kept Vigilant guard, with all the ancient men. 645 They sallied; at their head Pallas and Mars Both golden and in golden vests attired Advanced, proportion each showing divine, Large, prominent, and such as Gods beseem'd. Not such the people, but of humbler size. 650 Arriving at the spot for ambush chosen, A river's side, where cattle of each kind Drank, down they sat, all arm'd in dazzling brass. Apart from all the rest sat also ...
— The Iliad of Homer - Translated into English Blank Verse • Homer
... captive, and show me unto the army? For they have beheld our combat, and that I overcame thee, and surely now they will gibe when they learn that thy strength was withstood by a woman. Better would it beseem thee to hide this adventure, lest thy cheeks have cause to blush because of me. Therefore let us conclude a peace together. The castle shall be thine, and all it holds; follow after me then, and take possession ...
— Legends That Every Child Should Know • Hamilton Wright Mabie
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