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Meanings of furnish matter in English

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Usage of furnish matter in English
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The enormous distance between the two things compared might furnish matter for discussion.
The Mason-Bees
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This condition of dependency would furnish matter for painful feelings and irritating words.
Biographical Essays
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There are, indeed, few sciences which would not furnish matter for similar remark.
Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of...
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Every grade of society is made to furnish matter for his dramatic scenes.
The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th...
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It shows how one may unconsciously furnish matter for mirth.
Saracinesca
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Now judge whether a correspondent can furnish matter for the common intercourse of the post.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
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So let us be cordially thankful to those who furnish matter for sound embracing laughter.
Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete
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Either of His perfections alone is sufficient to furnish matter for an eternal, unwearied song.
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
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He had read, heard, thought, and seen enough to furnish matter for twice that number.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 / A Magazine ...
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The pages following Lesson 100 will furnish matter.
Graded Lessons in English / An Elementary English Grammar Consis...
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They furnish matter for the Tragic Muse!
The Illustrated London Reading Book
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People assembled in a capital contrive to furnish matter, but then they have not occasion to write it.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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Imagine Clara's agitations during this long suspense; her plans and hopes and despairs would furnish matter for a library.
Overland: A Novel
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Years have evidently helped me to drain certain rheums; and why not these excrements which furnish matter for gravel?
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 19
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Halcyon days do not furnish matter for talents; they are like the virtuous couple in a comedy, a little insipid.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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At other times headaches and nervous attacks make their appearance; but these symptoms furnish matter for a whole future Meditation.
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1
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