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Miniature Worlds
On those occasions, when a servant had given me notice, my custom was to go immediately to the door, and, after paying my respects, to take up the coach and two horses very carefully in my hands (for, if there were six horses, the postillion always unharnessed four,) and place them on a table, where I had fixed a movable rim quite round, of five inches high, to prevent accidents. And I have often had four coaches and...
The passage reveals the engaging practice of a character immersed in a miniature world of toy coaches and horses, which reflects a blend of childlike imagination and adult responsibility. Historically, such detailed play represents not only the leisure activit...