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English
1823
Such incidents as earthquakes, wrecks in mid ocean, revolutions and battles we take no note of, they being commonplace and ordinary. SUCH INCIDENTS AS EARTHQUAKES WRECKS IN MID OCEAN REVOLUTIONS AND BATTLES WE TAKE NO NOTE OF THEY ARE BEING COMMONPLACE AND ORDINARY
 somehow or other we were disappointed. We had so reckoned on that fight. By the bye, we have noticed, even among the characters of real life, a tendency to perform most of their wonderful feats "off." It has been our privilege since then to gaze upon many posters on which have been delineated strange and moving stage events. We have seen the hero holding the villain up high above his head, and throwing him about that carelessly that we have felt afraid he would break something with him. We have seen a heroine leaping from the roof of a house on one side of the street and being caught by the comic man standing on the roof of a house on the other side of the street and thinking nothing of it. We have seen railway trains rushing into each other at the rate of sixty miles an hour. We have seen houses blown up by dynamite two hundred feet into the air. We have seen the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the destruction of Pompeii, and the return of the British army from Egypt in one "set" each. WARDS HE TOLD IT VERY WELL BUT SAMMO OR OTHER WE WERE DISAPPOINTED WE HAD SO RECKONED ON THAT FIGHT BY THE BY WE HAVE NOTICED EVEN AMONG THE CHARACTERS OF REAL LIFE A TENDENCY TO PERFORM MOST OF THEIR WONDERFUL FEATS OFF IT HAD BEEN OUR PRIVILEGE SINCE THEN TO GAZE UPON MANY POSTERS WHICH HAVE DELINEERATED STRANGE AND MOVING STAGE EVENTS WE HAVE SEEN THE HERO HOLDING THE VILLAIN UP HIGH ABOVE HIS HEAD AND THROWING HIM ABOUT CARELESSLY THAT WE WOULD HAVE FELT AFRAID HE WOULD BREAK SOMETHING WITH HIM WE HAVE SEEN A HEROINE LEAPING FROM THE ROOF OF A HOUSE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND BEING CAUGHT BY THE COMIC MAN STANDING ON THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND THINKING NOTHING OF IT WE HAVE SEEN RAILWAY TRAINS RUSHING INTO EACH OTHER AT A RATE OF SIXTY MILES AN HOUR WE HAVE SEEN HOUSES BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE TWO HUNDRED FEET INTO THE AIR WE HAVE SEEN THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII AND THE RETURN OF THE BRITISH ARMY FROM EGYPT IN ONE SET EACH
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