It is usually not wise to discuss matters of costume with people like this,- politics or religion being far safer topicks.

If America was a person,- and it sat down,- Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.

'If the U.S. was a person,' he later became fond of saying, 'and it sat down, Columbus, Ohio would instantly be plunged into darkness'

Snow-Balls have flown their Arcs, starr'd the Sides of Outbuildings, as of Cousins, carried Hats away into the brisk Wind off Delaware,- the Sleds are brought …

How is this? Ought not the petitioner to speak first, and the conqueror to listen in silence?

I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate too well. Is that all right, if I call you a 'piece of work'?

Tis impossible to avail our selves of the genuine Powers of Eloquence, without examining in their Elements and first Principles, the Force and Harmony of Numbe…