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  • Surely what has hastened our present paganism has been the removal from the forefront of our consciousness of Jesus the Saviour, the divine Redeemer, the absolute Meeter of an absolute need.

    Preaching and Paganism Albert Parker Fitch

  • Gathered into English Meeter, and published to withdraw all vajne wits from all unsaverie and wicked rimes and fables &c. 12mo.

    Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850 Various

  • Meeter and measure is all one, for what the Greekes call [Greek: metron], the Latines call _Mensura_, and is but the quantitie of a verse, either long or short.

    The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

  • And though he be not taken notice of by _Bale_ nor _Pits_, yet for his admirable Translation of _David's_ Psalms into _English_ Meeter, and other Poetical Writings, _Leland_ forbears not to compare him to

    The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley

  • “Meeter were it for thee to search for a ford, instead of wasting thy breath.

    Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

  • He translated the Psalms into "English Meeter," and his version was approved by the Westminster Assembly, authorized for use by

    Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905

  • English Meeter, and other Poetical Writings, Leland forbears not to compare him to Dante and Petrarch, by giving him this large commendation.

    The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698 1687

  • Meeter will have cap, Hindi Outlook magazine and bananas.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010

  • Meeter will have cap, Hindi Outlook magazine and bananas.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010

  • I wondered whether the Meeter and Greeter would be expecting a man.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010

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