“A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.”
Un an de lait suffit. Les enfants qui tettent trop deviennent des sots. Je suis pour les dictons populaires.
Part I, ch. XXXVIII.
Letters of Two Brides (1841-1842)
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Un an de lait suffit. Les enfants qui tettent trop deviennent des sots. Je suis pour les dictons populaires.
Letters of Two Brides (1841-1842)
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