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English
1823
It speaks of its male and female progenitors as "dear, dear papa" and "dear, dear mamma," and it refers to its nurse as "darling nursey." IT SPEAKS OF ITS MALE AND FEMALE PROGENITAS AS DEAR PAPA DEAR DEAR MAMMA AND IT REFERS TO ITS NURSE A DARLING NURSEY
, not at all--rather rude we should call it. But the stage child is very different. It is clean and tidy. You can touch it anywhere and nothing comes off. Its face glows with soap and water. From the appearance of its hands it is evident that mud-pies and tar are joys unknown to it. As for its hair, there is something uncanny about its smoothness and respectability. Even its boot-laces are done up. We have never seen anything like the stage child outside a theater excepting one--that was on the pavement in front of a tailor's shop in Tottenham Court Road. He stood on a bit of round wood, and it was fifteen and nine, his style. We thought in our ignorance prior to this that there could not be anything in the world like the stage child, but you see we were mistaken. The stage child is affectionate to its parents and its nurse and is respectful in its demeanor toward those whom Providence has placed in authority over it; and so far it is certainly much to be preferred to the real article.  US BUT NOT PRETTILY NOT AT ALL RATHER RUDE WE SHOULD CALL IT BUT THE STAGE CHILD IS VERY DIFFERENT IT IS CLEAN AND TIDY YOU CAN TOUCH IT ANYWHERE AND NOTHING COMES OFF ITS FACE GLOWS WITH SOAP AND WATER FROM THE APPEARANCE OF HIS HANDS IT IS EVIDENT THAT MUD PIES AND TAR ARE JOYS UNKNOWN TO IT AS FOR ITS HAIR THERE IS SOMETHING UNCANNY ABOUT ITS SMOOTHNESS AND RESPECTABILITY EVEN ITS BOOT LACES ARE DONE UP WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THE STAGE CHILD OUTSIDE OF A THEATRE EXCEPTING ONE THAT WAS ON A PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF A TAILOR'S SHOP IN TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD HE STOOD ON A BIT OF ROUND WOOD AND IT WAS FIFTEEN AND NINE HIS STYLE WE THOUGHT IN OUR IGNORANCE PRIOR TO THIS THAT THERE COULD NOT BE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE THE STAGE CHILD BUT YOU SEE WE WERE MISTAKEN THE STAGE CHILD IS AFFECTIONATE TO HIS PARENTS AND ITS NURSE AND IS RESPECTFUL IN ITS DEMEANOR TOWARDS THOSE WHOM PROVIDENCE HAS PLACED IN AUTHORITY OVER IT SO FAR IT IS CERTAINLY MUCH TO BE PREFERRED OVER THE REAL ARTICLE
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