The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Now, 'Dasher!' now, 'Dancer!' now, 'Prancer' and 'Vixen!' On, 'Comet!' on, 'Cupid!' on, 'Donner' and 'Blitzen!'

ING is ending for something which continue and continue...So Morning - Continue - Start AfterNoon - The Middle - Almost finish Night - The ENd - Finish

... it was with an unusual intensity of pleasure, a pleasure destined to have a lasting effect upon his character and conduct...

There is a beast in man that should be exercised, not exorcised.

If the Hamas people had the opportunity, they would kill the maximum number of Israelis, which would be all. And, Israel has the opportunity to kill way more, and they do not.

How you do anything is how you do everything. Your "character" or "nature" just refers to how you handle all the day-to-day things in life, no matter how small.

A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine.

Today, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to be her King.

Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.

Christian' makes a poor adjective

It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.