Citations:insignificant


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Not that anything can be accepted that is not of faith, but I speak this to show you how insignificant the profession of Talkative will be at that day.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "It isn't that," said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "It isn't that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune."