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something that is of great benefit- It proved such a financial boon that when the family's third son was born that year, Elias in gratitude wanted to name him Columbus.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- Vouchsafe me, for my meed, but one fair look; A smaller boon than this I cannot beg, And less than this, I am sure, you cannot give.William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Nothing wrong when prohibition is mocked by women—when the greatest boon ever granted this country is derided and beaten down and cheated?Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
- It was a grand boon doubtless; and independence would be glorious — yes, I felt that — that thought swelled my heart.Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
- Pardon, dear madam; Yet to be known shortens my made intent: My boon I make it that you know me not Till time and I think meet.William Shakespeare -- King Lear
- "Your gifts weren't a boon?"Gail Carson Levine -- Ella Enchanted
- For a researcher, this is a remarkable boon.Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
- Smith wrote: I was born Perry Edward Smith Oct. 27 1928 in Huntington, Elko County, Nevada, which is situated way out in the boon docks, so to speak.Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- Their result is a lord, a general, or a boon companion.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Society and Solitude
- W, a, tJAMES: I only meant that Miss Sullivan is a boon.William Gibson -- The Miracle Worker
- It was a boon he could not have anticipated.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- I beg you, sir, as a boon, a favour to myself.'Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
- The first boon has been that when the flu arrived on campus last week, we knew in minutes who brought it.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- She told him of a young woman who had been granted a boon.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- His thinness was a boon to him then, the bones and muscles clearly distinguished beneath the skin.Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
- And think of what a boon it will be to Czech historians of the future.Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Bid her for thy sake, for a daughter's boon...... JASON.Euripides -- Medea
- This will be a boon to our defense," Tappan said, smiling and raising his burgundy glass.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
- The Candle is a great boon to mankind, as approved by all men.Ayn Rand -- Anthem
- Now he did not think life was such a boon.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind