A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.
Washington IrvingA few amber clouds floated in the sky without a breath of air to move them. The horizon was of a fine golden tint, changing gradually into a pure apple-green, and from that into the deep blue of the mid-heaven.
Washington IrvingThe dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple with a partner, with whom he affirmed he had danced at every Christmas for nearly half a century.
Washington IrvingThere is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.
Washington Irving