Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Washington Irving
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  3. His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before. - James Joyce

  4. Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away, and he could not find it. - Unknown

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  1. I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.

  2. Balt Van Tassel was an easy indulgent soul; he loved his daughter better even than his pipe, and, like a reasonable man and an excellent father, let her have her way in everything.

  3. ...ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.

  4. Such were our minor preparations for the journey, but above all we laid in an ample stock of good-humour, and a genuine disposition to be pleased; determining to travel in true contrabandista style; taking things as we found them, rough or smooth, and mingling with...

  5. To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace.

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