Both Uses of
boon
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- …speech as only an Irish member can make, breathing the true soul and spirit of poetry, and poured forth with such fervour, that it made one warm to look at him; in the course whereof, he told them how he would demand the extension of that great boon to his native country; how he would claim for her equal rights in the muffin laws as in all other laws; and how he yet hoped to see the day when crumpets should be toasted in her lowly cabins, and muffin bells should ring in her rich green…†
Chpt 2
- I beg you, sir, as a boon, a favour to myself.'†
Chpt 46 *
Definition:
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(boon) something that is of great benefit