Now, sir, a poorer coward than yourself 150 Was never fostered in the coast of Kent: How comes it then that such a knave as you Dare swear a matter of such consequence?
Tubby was in a condition to believe anything, no matter how amazing.
No matter how it pains me, I shall go on and on, even if I have to crawl and drag it after me, for I must carry the news to the guards.
He understood what Donald meant when he said he was bound to go along, no matter if he had to hobble, or even crawl a part of the way.
They always were tricky creatures, no matterin what country found; but Tubby was on his guard.
No matter what it turned out the very thought of some one being in need of help thrilled honest Tubby, who would have "walked his legs off," as he often declared, to render assistance.
We've got to start out and help him, no matter who he is, or what's happened to him.
But now I hae telled ye a' I must be on me way again, no matter how I hae to limp it.
He had entreated to be allowed to accompany this expedition across the line, and no matter what happened, his chums would never hear a complaint from his lips, not if he died in the endeavor to "keep up with the procession.
So that the social bond is a matter of instinct, not of calculation; not a cold commercial contract of profit and loss, of giving and receiving, but the fulfilment of one of the yearnings of our nature.
Footnote 1: "I am a man--I hold that nothing which concerns mankind can bematter of unconcern to me".
The enemies whom Cicero had made by his strong measures in the matter of the Catilinarian conspiracy now took advantage of Pompey's name and popularity to make an attack upon him.
The chronicles of Herodotus are ancient, partly from their subject-matter and partly from their primitive style.
No animal is capable of effecting those combinations of inorganic matter upon which its growth and sustenance depend.
Where the water is exposed to the air, the gas gradually escapes, and the calcareous matter is deposited.
In most of the tertiary clays there are small concretionary nodules, which contain more calcareous matterthan the mass of clay around them.
How is it proved that the removal of the organic matter and substitution of mineral particles are simultaneous?
The Gulf Stream, and the Mozambique and other similar currents, must be wearing down the valleys through which they flow, to such an extent as to furnish an immense amount of detrital matter for the formation of new rocks.
The detritalmatter obtained in these several ways is swept away by running water.
In an uninhabited country, such a river would soon seek a new and lower channel; but in a populous country, it becomes a matter of interest and safety to confine the river in its old channel, by artificial embankments.
Much the greater part, however, of the earthy matter which rivers convey in such quantity to the ocean, is furnished by other means than the eroding action of the river itself.
These avalanches are almost constantly descending, and hence a glacier always contains considerable earthy matter distributed through it.
Sedimentary matter thus deposited would take the form of strata.
It was there that one of the greatest dramas, and certainly the greatest adventure in which the human race has engaged, took place.
The honours, so to speak, being thus equally divided, it remained for one side or the other to negotiate.
Don Sebastian Leon having informed the Governor, the latter saw that things were coming to a crisis, and that either he or the Bishop would have to leave the place.
If there be any prestige or authority in such matter from the accomplishment of a first complete ascent, "if there be any virtue, if there be any praise," the author values it chiefly as it may give weight to this plea.
He has been at the pains of talking with every member of the actual climbing party with a view to sifting the matter thoroughly.
The creepers are a great advantage in the matter of speed, but they need long points.
As a matter of fact, Lloyd himself reached neither summit, nor was much above the glacier floor; and the south or coast summit, the higher of the two, was not attempted by the party at all.
Fortunately the indisposition passed, and the matter is referred to only as indicating the spirit of the man.
But we had so confidently expected to come out a month earlier, before the time of mosquitoes arrived, that although the matter was suggested and discussed it was put aside as unnecessary.
Judge Wickersham was always keen for another attempt and often discussed the matterwith the writer, but his judicial and political activities thenceforward occupied his time and attention to the exclusion of such enterprises.
So, at about two in the afternoon, though a cold drizzle had begun to fall, popular feeling in the matter was so strong that all the household forces turned out to search for the missing gobblers.
But the truth of the matter was, Zoraide had seen le beau Mezor dance the Bamboula in Congo Square.
When they had talked the matter over in all its lengthy details, Azenor mounted his horse and rode away.
What did it matter about a name when he could give her one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana?
Gregoire had never learned to steel his heart against a woman's eyes, no matter what language they spoke.
He pretended that it was a very difficult matter to open it.
Mr. Worters is thinking the matter over for four-and-twenty hours.
And just at that moment, when the whole matter of the McReady "strike" was looking its brightest, the unexpected happened again and changed the complexion of affairs.
I do hope there isn't anything the matter with dad.
It was a matter of pride with him to keep himself at all times fit and ready for whatever fate threw his way.
The question is certainly complex, and for that matter unanswerable save by a cumbersome mathematical process from which the reader may well be spared.
The question of love did not enter into the matterat all.
But the unheard-of part of the whole matter is that he told me, and Lunteschütz too, that he was going to build a temple on purpose for it.
No matter what nature and fortune may have done, no matter who a man may be, nor what he may possess, the pain which is essential to life can never be dodged.
This objection, however, loses much of its force when it is remembered that Schopenhauer gave to this division of his subject the title of "Metaphysics of Love," and in so doing sought solely to place the matter on a scientific basis.
And Schopenhauer, in the matter of discussion, came in for his full share.
But, however the question is regarded, from whatever standpoint the matter is viewed, there seems to be but one possible goal, and that is happiness.
Though a matter of form merely, yet two plays, on different periods of the same tale, might seem less bold, than an interval of twenty years between a first and second act.
It must be borne in mind that the entries in Coleridge's Notebooks are not continuous, and that the additional matter in prose or verse was inserted from time to time, wherever a page or half a page was not filled up.
Here we seldom have a choice, but no one need despair and abandon effort, no matter what the soil may be, for it is quite possible to raise an abundant home supply on any soil and that, too, without inordinate cost and labor.
If there is a deficiency of any single element there will be but a meager crop of fruit, no matter how abundant the supply of the others.
The color of the skin, whether purple, red, yellow or white, is a matter of taste.
It will always be a matter of judgment as to how long it is best to hold plants, which are in condition for setting, for favorable weather conditions.
This ship sank, as a matter of fact, with part of her crew on board, imploring kid which there was not time to give them.
Whether an Englishman could have forged Tom must remain a matter of doubt, unless the thing had been tried long ago.
It is notorious that what small matter of spelling Providence had thought fit to disburse amongst man in the seventeenth century was all monopolised by printers; now, M.
And an extra touch of the whip to the leaders (no great matter if it grazes the sheriff) at any time guarantees your safety.
The number of acid-producing organisms gradually becomes less, and other bacteria capable of producing far-reaching decomposition of albuminoid matter tend to increase.
Chatterjee gives a resume of his investigations which sums up the whole matter thus: "1.
In thematter of diet the person in health, if he exercises ordinary care, may be left to find out for himself what suits him.
The second is to conduct the experiment where the germs are fewest, and in cleanly surroundings, far removed from decaying matter and free from taints and smells.
Attempts have been made from the analysis of the ash to reconstitute the composition of the mineral matter as it exists in the milk.
Any flocculent matter indicates either disease in the cow or that the milk is old and bacteria have multiplied in it and altered its composition.
No effort has been spared to get to the root of the matter and to secure accuracy, so that the book should prove serviceable to other fields of science and investigation, as well as to the general public.
Slight differences in quality and purity may count for much in cases of acute disease, differences which might not matter to the person who requires no medical attention, and who consumes the article as a health-giving food.
There is also a certain amount of offensive dirty matter which may fall into the milk-pail, and carry with it undesirable germs.
A piece of muslin is folded as shown and a measured quantity of milk is passed through the funnel; from the sediment left in the muslin, the percentage of extraneous matter may be arrived at.
The ash is the mineral matter which is left when milk, previously dried, is burnt in a crucible.
Although a Politburo decision in April 1967 called the attention of Party, government, and economic organs to the importance of correct labor norms, this matter has been generally neglected and little has been accomplished.
A relatively greater stringency of funds for budgetary purposes after the break with the Soviet Union is reflected in the planned annual budgetary surplus, a permanent feature since 1946 and a matter of great pride for the leadership.
This is the second matter on which I have to insist.
From a letter written in 1879 it will be seen that the heaviness of her line had before been a matter of complaint with him.
It is a matter of sincerity and, moreover, of good sense; for little respect is deserved or received by a man who affects to speak his language with a foreign accent.
The lilies are heavenly lilies, so it doesn’t matter their being out at the same time as the May.
In thematter of models, whether for illustrations or exhibition drawings, she was particular and fastidious.
It is matter for regret that a proposal so full of charming possibilities was never carried into execution.
I should be so sorry if you did,—it would really pain me and you know it would not matter in the least.
The cart had no springs—it bumped you about; that didn’t matter to me.
The root of the matter they felt was in her, and the first opportunity must be taken of giving it a chance of growth and development.
Her colour indeed was almost invariably happy, exactly suited to the matter in hand.
When all are ready for it, a small matter may suddenly bring it on; and it is the universal opinion, that the peace cannot continue another year.
We request your particular attention to this information, as it is a matter of as high moment to our allies as well as to ourselves.
Gentlemen, Your pressing request for five thousand hogsheads of tobacco, is a matter as embarrassing to Congress as to yourselves.
The best, therefore, that the Captain expects will be to get the matter delayed, which is very hard on the brave Captain and his honest owners, and will be a bad precedent for others, who may venture into the European seas.
I am glad that thou art come, Christison, as it will be a matter of great interest.
They were remanded to Newgate, refusing to pay the fines imposed on them, as a matter of conscience.
Otherwise, you will return on board the ship, and, when we arrive in Pennsylvania, the matter will be submitted to the proper authorities.
He brought a summons for him to attend a council at Whitehall, a note from a friend at court informing him that it was to settle the matter of the colony.
The former, no doubt, had a canal originally, which has been stopped up by matter in fusion.
This fact incontestably proves the presence of ponderable matter in clouds, which is not violently projected by an explosion in the bolis, nor accompanied by a noisy electric discharge.
To what cause can the invulnerability of the explosive matter be due?
As a matter of fact, we owe no gratitude to lightning.
As a matter of fact, it is proved that flashes of lightning cover a distance of several kilometres.
These substances have evidently no relation to uranoliths, but they prove none the less that ponderable matter may accompany the fall of lightning.
One of the most curious effects produced on metals, is the magnetic polarity communicated to objects in steel and iron, no matter what they be.
The production of this ponderable matter has often been attributed to bolides, but direct observation proves beyond a doubt that the electricity carries various solid substances found on earth after a storm.
Howard's statement of the case presents the matter in its true light.
At last it has come to that point where one may say the matter is entirely right.
A dark column of smoke rose from above the green foliage of the forest opposite the city, but whether produced by burning buildings or by the Rebel fleet, was wholly a matter of conjecture.
It will be no easy matter to awaken aspirations in the minds of this class.
He dared to open a school, and taught in secret in the evening; but a policeman discovered that he was an incendiary, and he was compelled to hide till the matter was forgotten.
The whole regiment looks upon the house now as a matter of pride,--encourage all the meetings.
The officer in charge of the matterwas inexorable.
It has been a matter which has been gathering head for thirty years," said R.
The encounter between the Merrimack and the Monitor had set the world agog on the matter of armored vessels.
His foresight and prudence in this matter were of inestimable value, as will be seen in the ensuing chapter.
The matter was laid before the President and his request was granted.
He had been sorely afflicted with the rheumatism, and it was with difficulty that he kept up with the column; but it was not a hard matter to read the emotions of his heart.
There is something very serious the matter with me," he said to himself.
But though the time seemed so long to her, she was as a matter of fact still a young woman when she discovered that there were two grey hairs growing among the brown ones.
As a matter of fact, the dew-fairies had been hanging diamonds that night on the webs of all the spiders in the garden; but the Big Spider was so much occupied in admiring his own web that he had no attention to spare for the others.
They went on talking about it for some time, because such an important matter could not be settled in a hurry.
We can make the matter a little clearer if we go back to the original saver, whose money, or claims on industry, is handled by the professional financier.
Looking at the matter from a purely business point of view, we see that the great forward movement in trade and finance that we have led and fostered, has helped us even by helping our rivals.
In this matter of machinery London has certain advantages which ought, if well used and applied, to stand her in good stead in any struggle that lies ahead of her.
In the meantime it need hardly be said that investment at home has become for the time being a matter of patriotic duty for every Englishman, since the financing of the war has the first and last claim on his savings.
Whether such a plan would be likely to be effective in keeping industry supplied with capital is a question which need not be debated until the possibility of such a system becomes a matter of practical politics.
Nevertheless, in this matter of the Egyptian war I venture to think that he is mistaking the tail for the dog.
If you and I had more sense in the matter of what we buy, capital could not be acquired by questionable means.
Since capital thus seems to be the subject-matter of finance and it is the object of this book to make plain what finance does, and how, it will be better to begin with clear understanding of the function of capital.
As a matter of fact, it's absolutely clear to me that Grace Tattersall is at the bottom of all this," I continued, to get this point settled.
Indeed, I hardly gave thematter a moment's attention.
As a matter of fact, he was very suspicious this morning.
We had drifted, apparently, a long way from any matter of personal interest and I was hesitating as to whether I should not attempt a new opening, when she began again with the least little frown of determination.
As a matter of fact, all the Jervaises' suspicions came about as a result of our accidental meeting on the hill last night.
There was no reason why I should intrude further on the mystery of Brenda's disappearance; and as a matter of fact I was no longer very keenly interested in that brilliant and fascinating young woman's affairs.
As a matterof fact, I suppose I'm chiefly responsible for the whole thing.
Well, we'd finished dancing, as a matter of fact," Brenda explained.
She had shown herself to have a final pride in the matter of blackmailing old Jervaise.
I remembered with a passing qualm that John had not been tipped, but put that thought away as a matter of no pressing importance.
She had, as a matter of fact, told us little enough and that rather allusively, but I felt that I knew the whole history of the unhappy Claire Sévérac.
As a matterof fact I had the whole story from some one who was actually staying in the house at the time.
He drew in his chair and returned to his supper as if he regarded the matter as being now definitely settled.
So do I, for the matter of that; but once you've been a gentleman's servant it gets in your blood or something.
It certainly didn't matter in Arthur's case," I said.
The matter was talked over a long time, until at last they all agreed that the plan of Cortes should be executed at all hazards.
One great trouble in the matter is, that slavery is an insidious and crafty power, and gains equally by open violence of the brutal as well as by sly management of the peaceful.
It would be a serious matter if, in consequence of a proclamation such as you desire, they should go over to the rebels.
This relative matter of National power and States rights, as a principle, is no other than the principle of generality and locality.
The matter you speak of on my account you may attend to as you say, unless you shall hear of my condition forbidding it.
There is at least one matter of record as to his having been held in slavery in the Territory, not only without police regulations, but in the teeth of congressional legislation supposed to be valid at the time.
I wish him to examine his own course in regard to this matter a moment, and then see if his opinion will not be changed a little.
I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves, but hold the matter under advisement.
The Lecompton constitution connects itself with this question, for it is in this matter of the Lecompton constitution that our friend Judge Douglas claims such vast credit.
He is trying to get right down to the very foundation of the matter and tell us what his real thoughts about it are.
French girls of the better classes never talk, but the father was very communicative, and a Parisian, with the cross of the Legion of Honor, and we found abundance of matter for conversation.
The latter is always invited with her as a matter of course, and the husband, if there is room, or if he is not forgotten.
It is of course one of the most interesting spots in France; and of a pleasant day there is no lounge where a traveller can find so much matter for thought, with so much pleasure to the eye.
The matterwas left to arbitration, and Mr. Hesse fully cleared of the charge.
The result was an appeal to the mayor, who took the captain aside after the matter was argued, and told him in his ear that he must compromise the matter, for he dared not give a judgment in his favor!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "matter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
