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English
1823
We never came across a brother and sister in real life who ever gave the most suspicious person any grounds for mistaking them for lovers; but the stage brother and sister are so affectionate that the error is excusable. WE NEVER CAME ACROSS A BROTHER AND SISTER IN REAL LIFE WHO EVER GAVE THE MOST SUSPICIOUS PERSON ANY GROUNDS FOR MISTAKING THEM FOR LOVERS BUT THE STAGE BROTHER AND SISTER ARE SO AFFECTIONATE THAT THE ERROR IS EXCUSABLE
it is riding in full radiance in the midst of a cloudless sky, and the next instant it is gone! Just as though it had been turned off at a meter. It makes you quite giddy at first until you get used to it. The stage heroine is inclined to thoughtfulness rather than gayety. In her cheerful moments the stage heroine thinks she sees the spirit of her mother, or the ghost of her father, or she dreams of her dead baby. But this is only in her very merry moods. As a rule, she is too much occupied with weeping to have time for frivolous reflections. She has a great flow of language and a wonderful gift of metaphor and simile--more forcible than elegant--and this might be rather trying in a wife under ordinary circumstances. But as the hero is generally sentenced to ten years' penal servitude on his wedding-morn, he escapes for a period from a danger that might well appall a less fortunate bridegroom. Sometimes the stage heroine has a brother, and if so he is sure to be mistaken for her lover. T ONE MOMENT IT IS RIDING IN FULL RADIANCE IN THE MIDST OF A CLOUDLESS SKY AND THE NEXT INSTANT IT IS GONE JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF ATOMETER IT MAKES YOU QUITE GIDDY AT FIRST UNTIL YOU GET USED TO IT THE STAGE HEROINE IS INCLINED TO THOUGHTFULNESS RATHER THAN GAIETY IN HER CHEERFUL MOMENTS THE STAGE HEROINE THINKS SHE MUST BE THE SPIRIT OF A MOTHER OR THE GHOST OF HER FATHER OR SHE DREAMS OF HER DEAD BABY BUT THIS IS ONLY IN ONE OF HER VERY MERRY MOODS AS A RULE SHE IS TOO MUCH OCCUPIED WITH WEEPING TO HAVE TIME FOR FRIVOLOUS REFLECTIONS SHE HAS A GREAT FLOW OF LANGUAGE AND A WONDERFUL GIFT OF METAPHOR AND SIMILE MORE FORCIBLE THAN ELEGANT AND THIS MIGHT BE RATHER TRYING IN A WIFE UNDER ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES BUT AS THE HERO IS GENERALLY SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS PENAL SERVITUDE ON HIS WEDDING MORN HE ESCAPES FOR A PERIOD FROM A DANGER THAT MIGHT WELL APPALL A LESS FORTUNATE BRIDEGROOM SOMETIMES THE STAGE HEROINE HAS A BROTHER AND IF SO HE IS SURE TO BE MISTAKEN FOR HER LOVER
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