Matters

Examples

• Indisputably, Mr. Home owned manly self-control, however he might secretly feel on some matters. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I would suggest that in the meantime, we remain perfectly quiet, and keep these matters secret even from Oliver himself. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Whether of questionable childishness or not in any other matters, Mr. Skimpole had a child's enjoyment of change and bright weather. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Biddy, said I, I think you might have written to me about these sad matters. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But there were matters of interest about us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She shall not go out as long as I remain to watch over her; And as for my health, what matters it? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And you have no experience yourself in these matters, Rachel? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• These are matters for the theological specialist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. Bretton, though a commanding, and in grave matters even a peremptory woman, was often passive in trifles: she allowed the child her way. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Whether they turned into it on his movement or on hers matters little. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There must be a definite best, which is the right thing, in these matters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Yes; I always am rather about these little matters,' said the stranger, 'but I am all right now--quite right. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• For most men their education in these matters is the silent, continuous education of things about them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The comments are my own, and show how I saw the matters treated of whether others saw them in the same light or not. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At the point at which matters had now arrived, I rose superior to all considerations of mere expediency. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It matters very little. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Or the material—it matters not which. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I was conscious of an impropriety in my disputing with a military man in matters of his profession, and said no more. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It is, as Mr Rokesmith says, a matter of feeling, but Lor how many matters ARE matters of feeling! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The duke being of gentlemanly manners, to give everybody their due, sought to appease matters a little. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In my experience they sinned little in these matters. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Wireless press messages between America and Europe are also matters of daily performances. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Saxon or Jew, answered the Prince, Saxon or Jew, dog or hog, what matters it? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Boulton was a business genius, and Watt now found that he could leave financial matters entirely to his care, and busy himself solely with his engine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There was a constant understanding between him and Rosamond on these matters. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• NoMrs. Knightley;and till she is in being, I will manage such matters myself. Jane Austen. Emma.
• And thus matters went on until the early part of the present decade, when the factory facilities were becoming so rapidly outgrown as to render radical changes necessary. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I always come to you to know what I am to think of public matters. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

Typist: Winfred