"Because thou art not of honor sufficient to befit thee to speak to my lord."Then the maiden turned her horse's head towards the knight, upon which the dwarf struck her with the whip that was in his hand across the face and the eyes, so that the blood flowed forth.…Cited from Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch
The layout was a long, narrow strip along the blufftops between La Crescent and Dresbach, sandwiched between U.S. Route 61 at the foot of the bluffs and a county road atop them.To befit a roadside park, the state highway department was asked to provide a name.They suggested O. L. Kipp State Park after Orin Lansing Kipp, who had worked for them from 1916 to 1955 and helped establish the Minnesota state highway system.…
"Because thou art not of honour sufficient to befit thee to speak to my Lord."Then the maiden turned her horse's head towards the knight, upon which the dwarf struck her with the whip that was in his hand across the face and the eyes, until the blood flowed forth.…Cited from The Mabinogion Vol. 2 (of 3), by Owen M. Edwards
While Albani's thematic would have appealed to Poussin, he lacked the Frenchman's muscular drama.His style sometimes appears to befit the decorative Rococo more than of his time.…
It had been a dream of his that he should put her into one of the big, cushioned, winged chairs, and take his own place on the hearth-rug at her feet.Together they should sit and look into the fire, and be as silent or as full of happy speech as might seem to befit the hour.Now, when he had bereft her of her furry wraps and welcomed her as he saw fit, he made his dream come true.…Cited from The Twenty-Fourth of June, by Grace S. Richmond
For that which is proper to the lowest science seems not to befit this science, which holds the highest place of all.But to proceed by the aid of various similitudes and figures is proper to poetry, the least of all the sciences.…Cited from Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars), by Thomas Aquinas
He waved his arms toward them as if in a salutation to things sentient.The man seemed to befit the environment, majestic though it was.We returned sooner than we desired from our excursion on the water, the boat-women being over eager for new passengers.…Cited from The Last Leaf, by James Kendall Hosmer
Winter and early spring came and went; the Easter holidays brought Gerald home, and she tried again in vain to get him to write to Edmund; but she could bear it better now that she had hopes.They went to London, and Marian was carried into the midst of all the gaieties supposed to befit her age and situation.…Cited from The Two Guardians, by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The division initially remained in the United States for training, which in common with all airborne units was extremely arduous to befit their elite status.Training included lengthy forced marches, simulated parachute landings from and towers, and practice jumps from transport aircraft; hesitancy in the doorway of an aircraft resulted in an automatic failure for the candidate.…
Mr. Glynn, who had followed with more measured tread, now mingled his hearty bass voice in the conversation.His mental attitude was friendly, but inquisitorial; as seemed to him to befit one charged with the cure of souls.He proceeded to ask questions, beginning with inquiries conventional and domestic, but verging presently on points of faith.…Cited from Unleavened Bread, by Robert Grant
Nevertheless, Van Dyck's vision, guiding his brush, was as rare an endowment as envy is a common one, and has higher authority to show us what to look for, to see, and to enjoy.Van Dyck was the first painter who taught people how they ought to look, to befit an admirer's view of their aristocratic rank.His portraits thus express the social position of the sitter as well as the individual character.…Cited from The Book of Art for Young People, by Agnes Conway & Sir Martin Conway
Attwood was an ambitious entrepreneur who wanted a property to befit his new status and promote his quest for a peerage.As MP for Harwich, he decided that Hylands was insufficiently grand to reflect his position in society, and had the house considerably enlarged and fully redecorated.…
"And is she installed in my former rooms, with the canopy over her cradle to befit her strain of royalty?"Cited from Unknown to History, by Charlotte M. Yonge
What would be the real effect of that overpowering evidence which our adversaries require in a revelation it is difficult foretell; at least we must speak of it as of a dispensation which we have no experience.Some consequences, however, would, it is probable, attend this economy, which do not seem to befit a revelation that proceeded from God.…Cited from Evidence of Christianity, by William Paley
The Mahim Police gets a new look with its cleaning and new painting of the Police Station.Adequate arrangement of lighting is done to befit this occasion.Mahim Police Station is the only one and the only police station all over India where, on behalf Bombay Police, such celebrations as recitation of the Qura'n.…
Ropner was a wealthy shipping and industrial magnate, and in common with the style of the times, demanded a home to befit his status in society.Major alterations included the addition of a Winter Garden, ballroom, entrance porch, billiards room and extensive landscaped parkland - all 'must haves' of the Victorian age.…
The original Japanese romanization of the character's name according to Studio Nue is Vrlitwhai Kridanik.The creators of Macross originally gave this and other Zentradi character names unusual romanizations to befit their alien nature.Britai is a Zentradi fleet commander in charge of his own fleet under the Boddole Zer Main Fleet.…
The woman gives what she is and has, and nominally she gets protection and support.Sometimes these fail and, on the other hand, she occasionally receives the unearned gifts supposed to befit a potentate or a shrine.As women become educated they find this condition of uncertainty and instability unbearable.…Cited from Woman in Modern Society, by Earl Barnes
Wladon would lead a life of crime to get the resources for his sonic weapons.Wladon designed a regal, military costume to befit the future of Modora.When he appeared in the United States, the media dubbed him "Sonar" because of his mastery of sound.…
The next story we have to tell is so strange and wild, that it would seem better to befit the cloudy times when history had not yet been disentangled from fable, than the comparatively clear light of the fourteenth century.It took place in the island of Rhodes.…Cited from A Book of Golden Deeds, by Charlotte M. Yonge
