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English
1823
You would not think so to look at him, but his only faults are that he is so young and light headed. YOU WOULD NOT THINK SO TO LOOK AT HIM BUT HIS ONLY FAULTS ARE THAT HE IS SO YOUNG AND LIGHT HEADED
stage they are always very thin and very old. The youngest stage solicitor we ever remember to have seen looked about sixty--the oldest about a hundred and forty-five. By the bye, it is never very safe to judge people's ages on the stage by their personal appearance. We have known old ladies who looked seventy, if they were a day, turn out to be the mothers of boys of fourteen, while the middle-aged husband of the young wife generally gives one the idea of ninety. Again, what appears at first sight to be a comfortable-looking and eminently respectable elderly lady is often discovered to be, in reality, a giddy, girlish, and inexperienced young thing, the pride of the village or the darling of the regiment. So, too, an exceptionally stout and short-winded old gentleman, who looks as if he had been living too well and taking too little exercise for the last forty-five years, is not the heavy father, as you might imagine if you judged from mere external evidence, but a wild, reckless boy. ORS OF SHORT SOLICITORS BUT ON THE STAGE THEY ARE ALWAYS VERY THIN AND VERY OLD THE YOUNGEST STAGE SISTER WE EVER REMEMBER TO HAVE SEEN LOOKED ABOUT SIXTY THE OLDEST ABOUT A HUNDRED FORTY FIVE BY THE BYE IT IS NEVER VERY SAFE TO JUDGE PEOPLE'S AGES ON THE STAGE BY THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCE WE HAVE KNOWN OLD LADIES WHO LOOKED SEVENTY IF THEY WERE A DAY TURN OUT TO BE MOTHERS OF BOYS OF FOURTEEN WHILE THE MIDDLE AGED HUSBAND OF THE YOUNG WIFE GENERALLY GIVES ONE THE IDEA OF NINETY AGAIN WHAT APPEARS AT FIRST SIGHT TO BE A COMFORTABLE LOOKING AND EMINENTLY RESPECTABLE ELDERLY LADY IS OFTEN DISCOVERED TO BE IN REALITY A GIDDY GIRLISH AND INEXPERIENCED YOUNG THING THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE OR THE DARLING OF THE REGIMENT SO TOO AN EXCEPTIONALLY STOUT AND SHORT WINDED OLD GENTLEMAN WHO LOOKS AS IF HE HAD BEEN LIVING TOO WELL AND TAKING TOO LITTLE EXERCISE FOR THE LAST FORTY FIVE YEARS IS NOT THE HEAVY FATHER AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE IF YOU JUDGED FROM MERE EXTERNAL EVIDENCE BUT A WILD RECKLESS BOY
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