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Seemly unchanged since the days of William Penn, the tight fist of the Sate Liquor Control Board makes finding a decent bottle of wine in a State store virtually impossible.
Trust, plastic bottles, BYOB, Operation Mixed Wine – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Seemly unto men is a life of lusts, of women, and children, and hoarded talents of gold and silver, and of horses well-bred, and cattle, and tilth; that is the provision for the life of this world; but God, with Him is the best resort.
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Seemly it is to man, and pleasing to GOD, that his bearing be more honourable and temperate after meat than before: that no taking of excess be seen in him, that the flesh may serve the soul better in reading, praying and other ghostly works, that may help to good things.
The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises Richard Rolle 1901
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She answers, "Seemly is it that I do according to thy will, and show thee forth more redes of great avail, for thy prayer's sake and thy wisdom;" and she spake withal --
The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873
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He was called the "Seemly St. Clair," from his noble deportment and elegant manners; resided in royal splendor at this
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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Seemly, on the other hand, is the opposite un Unseemly.
Home 2009
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Seemly, on the other hand, is the opposite un Unseemly.
Home 2009
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Seemly, on the other hand, is the opposite un Unseemly.
Home 2009
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Seemly or not, the lobbyists 'pressure seemed to be paying dividends.
GOPUSA 2008
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Seemly or not, the lobbyists 'pressure seemed to be paying dividends.
GOPUSA 2008
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