So trifling, in fact, is the gap caused by our absence in society, that there needs no patriotic Curtius to leap into it; it closes without a miracle the instant it is made, and none but a disinterested Undertaker knows or cares for whom tolls our passing bell.

So trifling was the carrying trade that the total yearly average of the harbor dues, calculated from the returns of ten years, barely reached $10,000.

She was beloved so warmly, and returned the affection of its owner so sincerely, that the arrival of the day never failed to excite that flow of spirits which generally accompanies anticipated pleasures, ere experience has proved how trifling are the greatest enjoyments the scenes of this life bestow.

So trifling is the difference in their situation on the globe, and so similar their climatesboth having remained so long unknown to the great continents, and so devoid of intercourse with the rest of the worldthat one would be led to imagine a great resemblance must be the result.

Trifling is the inclination That by words can be expressed.

"This trifling with woman's weakness is the besetting sin of man!