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English
1823
The youngest girl was three; there were five boys aged seven, eight, nine, ten, and twelve respectively  good enough lads, but  well, there, boys will be boys, you know; we were just the same ourselves when we were young. THE YOUNGEST GIRL WAS THREE THERE WERE FIVE BOYS EIGHT SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN AND TWELVE RESPECTIVELY GOOD ENOUGH LADS BUT WELL THERE BOYS WILL BE BOYS YOU KNOW WE WERE JUST THE SAME OURSELVES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
 child is much admired by the audience. Its pathos makes them weep; its tragedy thrills them; its declamation--as for instance when it takes the center of the stage and says it will kill the wicked man, and the police, and everybody who hurts its mar--stirs them like a trumpet note; and its light comedy is generally held to be the most truly humorous thing in the whole range of dramatic art. But there are some people so strangely constituted that they do not appreciate the stage child; they do not comprehend its uses; they do not understand its beauties. We should not be angry with them. We should the rather pity them. We ourselves had a friend once who suffered from this misfortune. He was a married man, and Providence had been very gracious, very good to him: he had been blessed with eleven children, and they were all growing up well and strong. The "baby" was eleven weeks old, and then came the twins, who were getting on for fifteen months and were cutting their double teeth nicely. NGS AND WISH YOU WERE A STAGE CHILD THE STAGE CHILD IS ADMIRED BY THE AUDIENCE ITS PATHOS MAKES THEM WEEP ITS TRAGEDY THRILLS THEM ITS DECLAMATION AS FOR INSTANCE WHEN IT TAKES THE CENTRE OF THE STAGE AND SAYS IT WILL KILL THE WICKED MAN AND THE POLICE AND EVERYBODY HURTS ITS MASTERS LIKE THEM A TRUMPET NOTE AND ITS LIGHT COMEDY IS GENERALLY HELD TO BE THE MOST TRULY HUMOROUS THING IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF DRAMATIC ART BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO STRANGELY CONSTITUTED THAT THEY DO NOT APPRECIATE THE STAGE CHILD THEY DO NOT COMPREHEND ITS USES THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ITS BEAUTIES WE SHOULD NOT BE ANGRY WITH THEM WE SHOULD RATHER PITY THEM WE OURSELVES HAD FRIENDS WHO ONCE SUFFERED FROM THIS MISFORTUNE HE WAS A MARRIED MAN AND PROVIDENCE HAD BEEN VERY GRACIOUS VERY GOOD TO HIM HE HAD BEEN BLESSED WITH ELEVEN CHILDREN AND THEY WERE ALL GROWING UP WELL AND STRONG THE BABY WAS ELEVEN WEEKS OLD AND THEN CAME THE TWINS WHO WERE GETTING ON FOR FIFTEEN MONTHS AND CUTTING THEIR DOUBLE TEETH NICELY
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