Saturday, July 03, 2004

 

Boys

Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, chapter 14:
"He is a nice-looking boy, is he not?" inquired Mr. Brownlow.

"I don't know, said Mr. Grimwig, pettishly.

"Don't know?"

"No. I don't know. I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys, and beef-faced boys."
Charles Lamb, The Old and the New Schoolmaster:
Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
Likewise, grownups are capital people in their own way, among their own kind; but they are unwholesome companions for boys.



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