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Updated: June 29, 2025
A single example will show this. Let the reader compare the account of the peacock with the following stanza from Chester's "Love's Martyr": "The proud sun-braving peacocke with his feathers, Walkes all along, thinking himself a king, And with his voice prognosticates all weathers, Although, God knows, but badly he doth sing; But when he looks downe to his base blacke feete, He droopes and is asham'd of things unmeet."
Ferdinand himself gazed on her a moment astonished; then with animated courtesy hastily raised her, and playfully chid the movement as unmeet from a hostess to her guests. A strange moisture had risen to the eyes of the Queen as she first beheld Marie.
"Hearken therefore as to the Hauberk: I wot well that it is for no light matter that thou wouldst have me bear thy gift, the wondrous hauberk, into battle; I deem that some doom is wrapped up in it; maybe that I shall fall before the foe if I wear it not; and that if I wear it, somewhat may betide me which is unmeet to betide a warrior of the Wolfings.
And the burden of common things would surely be all unmeet for her after what she has borne hither." "It is well said, Leva, my wife," my father answered. From that time he was cheerful, and told us how it was certain that we had been brought here for good, seeing that the Norns must have led the stones to the haven, so that this must be the place that we sought.
He paused, and to illustrate the imperious humor of the Scot, he waved his fingers and a red wrister at me. The gesture unnerved him for a moment, and he had to go thumbing over the page to find his place. He caught it again and chanted on "'At my sover-sover-yne's will. To each one whom he lists, however unmeet to be the owner's peer." Again the boy waved the fingers and the red wrister at me.
Came to me next a gallant swol'n with pride, Brave, in his own conceit, And no less noble eke. Whom woe betide That he me took, and holds in all unmeet Suspicion, jealous-eyed! And I, who wot that me the world should greet As the predestined sweet Of many men, well-nigh Despair, to be to one thus subjugate.
In fact, the veins of his throat and of his temples swelled almost to bursting, and he sat with the indignant and disconcerted air of one who has received a mortal insult from a quarter to which he holds it unmeet and indecorous to make any reply.
"Is she not my cousin?" answered Maurice, evasively. "Have I no right to show her affection? Must I renounce the ties of blood?" "It is not you, Maurice, whom I blame," said the countess, trying to speak less sternly. "It is Madeleine, who should not have permitted this unmeet familiarity. I well know by what arts she has lured you to forget yourself. The fault lies with her."
In what words shall I describe this dread exploit, by what language shall I make it credible to ages to come, what eulogies are there unmeet for thee, though they be hyperboles piled on hyperboles!
To himself, the old gentleman was irrelevantly quoting a line or two of verse: " ... Unmade, unhandled, unmeet Ye pushed them raw to the battle, as ye picked them raw from the street " "Only," added the old gentleman under his breath, "this one hasn't even the training of the streets but with those eyes he'll get somewhere." The porter paused and asked to see Samson's ticket.
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