Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 283
us all but praying that itmight not be over before we got up ! And is not thisboy-nature ? and human nature too ? and dont we allwish a house on fire not to be out before we see it?Dogs like fighting; old Isaac says they delight init, and for the best of all reasons ; and boys are notcruel because… … Rab and His Friends 255 enjoying, and aggravating, and making gain by theirpluck. A boy, be he ever so fond himself of fighting,if he be a good boy, hates and despises all this, but hewould have run off with Bob and me fast enough; it isa natural and a not wicked interest that all boys andmen have…
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