1 It is of moment to her soul, and, therefore, as the worshipful Governor says, momentous to thine own, in whose charge hers is.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In III. THE RECOGNITION 2 I try in vain to recall how I felt about it, and what its circumstances were; but it is not momentous in my recollection.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY 3 The present is one of those momentous stages in the life of man.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 27. TOMMY TRADDLES 4 This momentous pocket-book was a timely reminder to him of another transaction.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS 5 THE intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfoundered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 6 And out of his utter, incomprehensible stillness, she felt again the slow momentous, surging rise of the phallus again, the other power.
7 It is one of the most momentous facts of social science.
8 Where she could be placed became a subject of most melancholy and momentous consultation.
9 During the momentous hour that succeeded, the encampment resembled a hive of troubled bees, who only awaited the appearance and example of their leader to take some distant and momentous flight.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 31 10 Neither were the secondary actors in these momentous incidents forgotten.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 33 11 In all their wars with other nations, the most momentous battle ever fought by the Romans, was that which they fought with the Latins when Torquatus and Decius were consuls.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI. 12 It was a momentous and eventful day to all upon our plantation.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter I. 13 This announcement, which implied or appeared to imply, the approval of all the persons concerned in this momentous affair, had been preceded by a scene to which our readers must be admitted.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter. 14 Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting.
15 I am sure it is only necessary to put before so admirable a practitioner as Dr. Seward so simple, yet so momentous a wish, to ensure its fulfilment.