Do you like winter, Miss Hawkins ?" She said "like" as if she had, an idea that its dictionary meaning was "approve of." "Not as well as summer--though I think all seasons have their charms." "It is a very just remark.

The general held similar views.

He considered snow in winter proper; sultriness in summer legitimate; frosts in the autumn the same, and rains in spring not objectionable.

He was not an exacting man.

And I call to mind now that he always admired thunder.