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Birth
The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Screaming and Small and Whining. -
Schoolboy
The whining schoolboy, with his satchel and whining shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school. Complaining, mad, sluggish. -
Lover
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistress' eyebrow. Passionate, Caring, Delightful. -
Soldier
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, seeking the bubble reputation evin in the cannon's mouth. Strong, Respectful, and Courageous. -
Justice
In 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. Wise, Nice, and Delightful. -
Six age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantallon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side; his youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide for his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, turning again toward childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound. Dependable, Truthful, and Intelligent. -
Second Childishness
Second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. Old, Bone tired, and weak.
