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Children
See also Youth.
Pan, Peter
determined always to remain a little boy. [Br. Lit.: J.M. Barrie Peter Pan]
Pancras, St.
boy saint, patron of young boys. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewer Dictionary, 799]
olive branches
humorous appellation for children. [O.T.: Psalms 128:3]
snaps, snails, and puppy-dogs’ tails
“what little boys are made of.” [Nurs. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 108]
sugar and spice
“what little girls are made of.” [Nurs. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 108]


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Children sweeten labors; but they make misfortunes more bitter.
Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.
Well, then--they were all children there, and I was always among children and only with children.
 
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