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For Miguel Al�man a reception has been laid out that will befit his position and the new friendliness between his nation and the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wherein also, for your good hereafter, and for your friends, it will befit to note their buildings, Furnitures, Entertainments; all their Husbandry, and ingenious inventions, in whatsoever concerneth either Pleasure or Profit.

From The Mystery of Francis Bacon by Smedley, William T.

The way is prepared for As You Like It and the Tempest; the language is discovered which will befit the lips of Rosalind and Miranda.

From A Study of Shakespeare by Gosse, Edmund

Thou art tall and large of limb, and armour will befit thee well, and practice will soon bring thee the needful skill in handling weapons.

From Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene by Spencer, Edmund

Replied the wife of her craft and cursedness, "Haply, O my lord, the horsekeeper will befit us not;", yet the while she had set her heart upon him.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir