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Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

A memorable meeting of the General Assembly was held in August 1643.

A memorable incident occurred at one of these meetings.

But he is chiefly memorable for having introduced Plato to the Western world.

And I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.

The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour.

Thus in a time of trouble ever memorable to him after the birth of their first child who was delicate, when they had to change the wet nurse three times and Natasha fell ill from despair, Pierre one day told her of Rousseau's view, with which he quite agreed, that to have a wet nurse is unnatural and harmful.

He also was provost of Edinburgh at various times, and it is a remarkable instance of the esteem in which the lairds of Merchiston were held that three of them in immediate lineal succession repeatedly filled so important an office during perhaps the most memorable period in the history of the city.

A trip with friends and family can make for a memorable 21st birthday.

On his return he held memorable services in the churchyard at Epworth.

The quarter of a century immediately following 1760 is memorable for the introduction of various important improvements.

He brought forward a motion in parliament to this effect, which led to a long and memorable debate, lasting over four nights, in which he was supported by Sydney Herbert, Sir James Graham, Gladstone, Lord John Russell and Disraeli, and which ended in the defeat of Lord Palmerston by a majority of sixteen.

There was absolutely nothing memorable in Dean's baseball career to give reason for lasting impressions.

The winter (332-331) which Alexander spent in Egypt saw two memorable actions on his part.

At the opening of the Piedmontese parliament in 1859, Victor Emmanuel pronounced the memorable words that he could not be insensible to the cry of pain (ii grido di dolore) which reached him from all parts of Italy.

The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim.

San Salvador, however, claims historical precedence as the landfall of Columbus on his memorable voyage.

In 1880 there was a memorable election riot under the guise of an anti-Chinese demonstration.

The attempts of the Habsburgs to conquer Transylvania drew down upon them two fresh Turkish invasions, the first in 1552, when the sultan's generals captured Temesvar and fifty-four lesser forts or fortresses, and the second in 1566, memorable as Suleiman's last descent upon Hungary, and also for the heroic defence of Szigetvar by Miklos Zrinyi, one of the classical sieges of history.

The next recorded expedition is a memorable one in the annals of Australian history - the despatch of a British colony to the shores of Botany Bay.

He stood between Scotland and France and Germany and France; and, though his expositions are vitiated by loose reading of the philosophers he interpreted, he did serviceable, even memorable work.

The memorable arrangement in Bristol was made a few weeks before Wesley's field of labour was extended to the north of England in May 1742.

The memorable meeting took place in the hall of the Cinquecento.

To make for a truly memorable outing, try novel combinations of classic ingredients or explore lesser-known wonder foods.

It is rendered memorable by the decisive victory gained here on the 12th of July 1691 by the forces of William III.

The Old South church (1730-1782), the old state house (1748, restored 1882), and Faneuil Hall (1762-1763, enlarged 1805, reconstructed 1898) are rich in memorable associations of the period preceding the War of Independence.

She writes snappy, clever lyrics and memorable music.

After a sleepless night, I trod with a lofty step the ruins of the forum; each memorable spot, where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation."

A more memorable and clearly authentic monument of Theodoric is furnished by his tomb, a massive mausoleum which stands still perfect outside the walls near the north-east corner of the city.

The years 1830-1833 are especially memorable for a disastrous outbreak of sheep-rot and for agrarian outrages, caused partly by the dislike of the labourers to the introduction of agricultural machines.

One memorable feature was associated with 1877 in that this was the last year in which the dreaded cattle plague (rinderpest) made its appearance in England.

Thus, within the last quarter of the 19th century - and, as a matter of fact, only fourteen years apart - two royal commissions on agriculture were appointed, the one in a year of memorable flood, 1879, and the other in a year of disastrous drought, 1893.

On the 4th of May Milner penned a memorable despatch to the Colonial Office, in which he insisted that the remedy for the unrest in the Transvaal was to strike at the root of the evil - the political impotence of the injured.

Some ill-considered imputations upon Father Damien by a Presbyterian minister produced a memorable tract by Robert Louis Stevenson (An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr Hyde, 1890).

A frost almost as severe as the memorable one of1683-1684occurred in the winter of 1 7391740, and the Thames was again the scene of a busy fair.

Its ancient castle is picturesquely situated on a lofty porphyry rock, and is memorable as the place from which, in 1455, Kunz von Kaufungen carried off the young princes Albert and Ernest, the founders of the present royal and ducal families of Saxony.

Two events of the first magnitude make his reign one of the most memorable in the century.

They are memorable occasions with first-rate speakers, properly run but not solemn.

The memorable evening was brought to a close with hot soup, sandwiches and more native mutton.

One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.

It was already the beginning of June when on his return journey he drove into the birch forest where the gnarled old oak had made so strange and memorable an impression on him.

If a bank has you assign a unique username and password, make sure it's different from your e-mail and other passwords and do your best to come up with a memorable but unique username.

Every bride wants her wedding to be memorable, unique wedding favors can help.

Paper Style is the place to go if you're searching for truly memorable invitations.

With proper preparation, however, the speech can be meaningful and memorable without causing embarrassment either to the bride and groom or the best man.

There are many unique and memorable golf gifts for groomsmen that will bring the men in your bridal party enjoyment.

Your second wedding can be just as memorable and moving as your first.

If you are looking for plus size discounted mother of the bride dresses, the Internet offers a wonderful selection of beautiful styles that will flatter your figure and help make this special day a truly memorable occasion.

Whatever you do, you'll have to add a pair of fishnet stockings, gloves and high heels - you'll be sure to have a memorable time!

Most authorities on the art of war agree that the collapse of the Entente in this memorable campaign was primarily due to the abortive naval effort to force the Dardanelles.

He refers to de Maistre's memorable book, Du Pape, as the most profound, accurate and methodical account of the old spiritual organization, and starts from that as the model to be adapted to the changed intellectual and social conditions of the modern time.