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English
1823
It is marvelous how short sighted people on the stage are. We always thought that the young lady in real life was moderately good at not seeing folks she did not want to when they were standing straight in front of her, but her affliction in this direction is as nothing compared with that of her brothers and sisters on the stage. IT IS MARVELLOUS HOW SHORT SIGHTED PEOPLE ON THE STAGE ARE WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE YOUNG LADY IN REAL LIFE WAS MODERATELY GOOD AT NOT SEEING FOLKS SHE DID NOT WANT TO WHEN THEY WERE STANDING STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF HER BUT HER AFFLICTION IN THIS DIRECTION IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THAT OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON THE STAGE
 any sense of humor. Peers and policemen are the people most utterly devoid of humor on the stage. The chief duty of the comic man's life is to make love to servant-girls, and they slap his face; but it does not discourage him; he seems to be more smitten by them than ever. The comic man is happy under any fate, and he says funny things at funerals and when the bailiffs are in the house or the hero is waiting to be hanged. This sort of man is rather trying in real life. In real life such a man would probably be slaughtered to death and buried at an early period of his career, but on the stage they put up with him. He is very good, is the comic man. He can't bear villainy. To thwart villainy is his life's ambition, and in this noble object fortune backs him up grandly. Bad people come and commit their murders and thefts right under his nose, so that he can denounce them in the last act. They never see him there, standing close beside them, while they are performing these fearful crimes. LL TO DO AND WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF HUMOUR PEERS AND POLICEMEN ARE THE PEOPLE MOST UTTERLY DEVOID OF HUMOR ON THE STAGE THE CHIEF DUTY OF THE COMIC MAN'S LIFE IS TO MAKE LOVE TO THE SERVANT GIRLS AND THEY SLAP HIS FACE BUT HE DOES NOT DISCOURAGE HIM HE SEEMS TO BE MORE SMITTEN BY THEM THAN EVER THE COMIC MAN IS HAPPY UNDER ANY FATE AND HE SAYS FUNNY THINGS AT FUNERALS AND WHEN THE BAILIFFS ARE IN THE HOUSE ALL THE HERO IS WAITING TO BE HANGED THIS SORT OF MAN IS RATHER TRYING IN REAL LIFE IN REAL LIFE SUCH A MAN WOULD PROBABLY BE SLAUGHTERED TO DEATH AND BURIED AT AN EARLY PERIOD OF HIS CAREER BUT ON THE STAGE THEY PUT UP WITH HIM HE IS VERY GOOD IS THE COMIC MAN HE CAN'T BEAR VIRNARY TO THWART VERNARY IS HIS LIFE'S AMBITION AND IN THIS NOBLE OBJECT FORTUNE BACKS HIM GRANDLY BAD PEOPLE COME AND COMMIT THEIR MURDERS AND THEFTS RIGHT UNDER HIS NOSE SO THAT HE CAN DENOUNCE THEM IN THE LAST ACT THEY NEVER SEE HIM THERE STANDING CLOSE BESIDE THEM WHILE THEY ARE PERFORMING THESE FEARFUL CRIMES
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