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?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. hh.iii ^v Laude be to the that dyd enhaunce Hym to his ryght and propre herytaunce.

1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection iv. 746 By reason they want faith which is the right and proper instrument of spiritual eating.

1701 J. Turner Sincere & Zealous Pract. Relig. Recommended vii. 331 Both may be secured by right and proper Methods.

1762 W. Whitehead School for Lovers ii. 23 You want to know what is right and proper for you to do in the case.

1864 D. Masson in Reader 16 Jan. 67 The Commemorationists..think that it is a right and proper thing to have occasional public celebrations of important anniversaries.

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. xiii. 278 These trenchermen took from the dainties..and gave thereof to their offspring. Now, this is only right and proper, because it is the prerogative of children to ‘nash’ on these occasions.

1922 Times 29 July 19/5 The highest grade obtainable by the staff workers..has been fixed at £1,000... I hope that you will agree that it is a right and proper recognition of efficiency.

1948 K. Davis Human Society ii. x. 267 If..this woman had been reared in a Chukchee camp in Siberia, such a conflict could not have occurred, because among the Chukchee sexual relations with men other than the husband are considered right and proper.

2003 Church Times 17 Oct. 36/4 The incumbents' portraits have been moved around to make way for yet more peal-boards, which is only right and proper.