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BEP(F.751.005
1 Apr 1751:11,12 (816)
From the Reflector. Of the law, and lawyers. . .
A Sketch of Human Life. . . [3 lines]
Indeed, we cannot figure to ourselves a more indigent
creature than a new-born infant; the day of whose birth must
infallibly prove the day of its death, without the help of
others; for unless properly assisted, with care and skill,
to support his tender frame; he would just make his
appearance, like an actor in an opera, sing his dirge, and
quite the stage. . . He must therefore be watched day and
night; be covered up in blankets and wrappers, and delivered
over to the nurse to be fed, and lulled, and sung to sleep.
This is the state of a child, in his tender years; and makes
the first act of the tragedy, as Shakespear describes it.
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