The public duties to which he was often called bespeak his ability, and the confidence reposed in him by the leading men of his day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference

"bespeak" - "commission to be made," according to my Oxford dictionary-a burger.    From Wordnik.com.  [*michael parekh on IT*] Reference

"bespeak," that you can select and arrange to your own taste; that it is not "to take or to leave" at your peril and as it offers itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Arnold] Reference

Chattering like storks, their weeping eyes bespeak.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference

We bespeak for him a hearty welcome from the churches.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 11, November, 1889] Reference

I bespeak the utmost stretch of your courtesy to-night.    From Wordnik.com.  [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference

Seminary, but the man of parts that bespeak the student.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference

Tubal, fee me an officer; bespeak him a fortnight before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference

The features, and formation of skull, bespeak Tartar extraction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian A Memoir] Reference

Please to bespeak something else; I have everything in the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference

But its actions only bespeak of the dangers of government bailouts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment At GM] Reference

Corroded monuments like these, in so pure and dry an atmosphere, bespeak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Byeways in Palestine] Reference

We took the opportunity of its pulling up for a moment to bespeak beds at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference

"I bespeak your kindness for them, my dear Madam," she was pleased to say.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference

American, and even Polynesian, we bespeak patient forbearance and attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moon Lore] Reference

His arm was in a sling, and his attenuated face seemed to bespeak ill health.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Love Story] Reference

The drug traffickers 'elaborate efforts at concealment bespeak enormous ambition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battle for the Border] Reference

I bespeak the most liberal treatment for the officers and enlisted men of the Navy.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference

Mr Piozzi is obliged to hasten into Windsor to bespeak apartments at the White Hart.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference

I don't know a better lad in the world, and I desire to bespeak your good will for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference

If that doesn't bespeak patriotism for Chicago, I don't know how you are going to gauge it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of The American Legion] Reference

Templars in ancient, and tailors in modern days, bespeak him a soldier of the faith in Palestine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference

We bespeak for them a wide reading, and would especially commend them to the young people of our Epworth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference

The sentiments expressed in his letters bespeak him a worthy brother, and deserving of my highest esteem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.] Reference

As soon as she was out of sight of the house she set off at a pace that did not bespeak pain of any kind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference

But a difference which would be with reference to the origin of the soul, would bespeak a diversity of nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference

Hardee and Smith should commit their, families to our custody, and even bespeak our personal care and attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

A man's house and his conduct there do more bespeak the nature and temper of his mind than all public profession.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference

Exchequer lifts up his hand to bespeak silence, as if he had something to say in regard to the result of the division.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grand Old Man] Reference

Her eyes, large, dark, and blue, -- true Irish eyes, that bespeak her father's race, -- shine with a steady clearness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Molly Bawn] Reference

May we prize our high privilege, and may our more virtuous conduct bespeak our gratitude for the superior blessings we enjoy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side] Reference

She had a refined, coquettish, mincing walk, which alone was enough to bespeak the agreeable sense she had of her own charms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference

I bespeak your co-operation for my successor, whose name shall be known in a few days, although I do not think he has consented yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day] Reference

I bespeak for her added success as a teacher; and from the repertoire which her recent study has given, new triumphs as a public reader.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference

Allow me, however to bespeak for Mr. Williams your attention and patronage, both of which you have, in conversation, so kindly promised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

Family mercies and blessings; family dangers and weaknesses; family hopes and temptations, -- all bespeak the importance of family worship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Christian Home] Reference