John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll 1832-1898 John Bartlett
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| “You are old, Father William,” the young man said, “And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right?” |
| Alice in Wonderland. Chap. v. |
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| “Tut, tut, child,” said the Duchess. “Everything’s got a moral if only you can find it.” |
| Alice in Wonderland. Chap. viii. |
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| Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. |
| Alice in Wonderland. Chap. ix. |
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| “Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,” the Mock Turtle replied, “and the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.” |
| Alice in Wonderland. Chap. x. |
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| ’T was brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. |
| Through the Looking-glass. Chap. i. |
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| He chortled in his joy. |
| Through the Looking-glass. Chap. i. |
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| “The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings. |
| Through the Looking-glass. Chap. iii. |
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| As large as life and twice as natural. |
| Through the Looking-glass. Chap. vii. |