The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the... healthy attitude of human nature. A boy is in the parlor what the pit is in the playhouse; independent; irresponsible; looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by, he tries and sentences them on their merits, in the swift, summary way of boys, as good, bad, interesting, silly, eloquent, troublesome. He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests: he gives an independent, genuine verdict.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Why visit the playhouse to see the famous Parisian models, ... when one can see the French damsels, Norma and Diana? Their names ...have been known on both continents, because everything goes as it will, and those that cannot be satisfied with these must surely be of a queer nature."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
First there's the children's house of make believe, Some shattered dishes underneath a pine,... The playthings in the playhouse of the children. Weep for what little things could make them glad.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »