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At first the infant muling and puking in the nurses arms. Growing, maturing, learning.
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Then the whinning schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwilliingly to school. irritating, energetic, playful
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sighing like a fernace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistresses eyebrow. passionate, caring, open-hearted
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full of strange oaths and beared like the pard, jealous in honor, sudden in quick quarriel, seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannons mouth. stubborn, hard nosed, self righteous.
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in a fair round belly with good capon lined, with eyes severe and beard of formal cut, full of wise saws and modern instances; and so he plays his part . knowledgable, trained, survivor.
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spectacles on nose and pouch on side; his useful hose, well saved, a world to wide for his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, turning again towards childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound. weary, tired, experienced.
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second childeshness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. peaceful, calm, curiosity.
