Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name / Shall be the copious matter of my song.
Bible, (w) xviii. 22
Every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge.
(quote-book)
12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, dont worry, it does not matter.''
(RQ:Brmnghm Gsmr)
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,(nb..). My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.(..)I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
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puhekieltä To care about, to mind; to find important.
(RQ:Fielding Tom Jone), Folio Society 1973, p.47:
Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof(nb..)