trivialities

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Trivialities here, pettinesses there, such as only an artist could conceive�all these had the Impresario overcome for the Maestro Mascagni, the superb Pietro, composer of Cavalleria Rusticana and myriad other operas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trivialities have their importance when given their true proportion.

From As a Matter of Course by Call, Annie Payson

Trivialities may not interfere with the power of the story, but they often attach an ugliness, or a smack of the ridiculous, which cannot but hinder, to some extent, the beauty of otherwise good work.

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous

Trivialities, pointing in the same direction, became important considerations.

From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Morrison, Arthur

After J. S.; or, Trivialities there is no reason why we should not have A. B.; or, Platitudes, M.N.; or, Sentimentalisms, Y.Z.; or, Inanities. 

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar