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English
1823
The two eldest were both very pleasant girls, as their mother said; the only pity was that they would quarrel so with each other. We never knew a healthier set of boys and girls. They were so full of energy and dash. THE TWO ELDEST WERE BOTH PLEASANT GIRLS AS THEIR MOTHER SAID AND THE ONLY PITY THAT THEY WOULD QUARREL SO WITH EACH OTHER WE NEVER KNEW A HEALTHIER SET OF BOYS AND GIRLS THEY WERE SO FULL OF ENERGY AND DASH
 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. 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. 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 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
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