Preface to the 1896 Edition of Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll
Four shillings was a perfectly reasonable price to charge, considering the very heavy initial outlay I had incurred: still, as the Public have practically said "We will not give more than a shilling for a picture-book, however artistically got up," I am content to reckon my outlay on the book as so much dead loss, and, rather than let the little ones, for whom it was written, go without it, I am selling it at a price which is, to me, much the same thing as giving it away. Christmas, 1896
Preface to the 1896 Edition of Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll The magic words shall hold thee fast:
Thou shalt not heed the raving blast. Excerpt from opening poem in Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll "That's the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet," said the King, rubbing his hands; "so now let the jury–"
"If any one of them can explain it," said Alice, (she had grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn't a bit afraid of interrupting him,) "I'll give him sixpence. I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it." Chapter XII: Alice's Evidence, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court. (As that is rather a hard word, I will just explain to you how it was done. They had a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings: into this they slipped the guinea-pig, head first, and then sat upon it.)
"I'm glad I've seen that done," thought Alice. "I've so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, 'There was some attempt at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court', and I never understood what it meant till now." Chapter XI: Who Stole the Tarts? in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll "I could tell you my adventures — beginning from this morning," said Alice a little timidly; "but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."
Chapter X: The Lobster-Quadrille, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll |
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