When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint.
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Christmas Greeting from a Fairy to a Child Lady, dear, if Fairies may For a moment lay aside Cunning tricks and elfish play, 'Tis at happy Christmas-tide. We have heard the children say Gentle children' whom we love Long ago on Christmas Day, Came a message from above. Still, as Christmas-tide comes round, They remember it again Echo still the joyful sound 'Peace on earth, good-will to men' Yet the hearts must childlike be Where such heavenly guests abide Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide Thus, forgetting tricks and play For a moment, Lady dear, We would wish you, if we may, Merry Christmas, glad New Year.Lewis Carroll
The different branches of Arithmetic Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
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The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me. The little fishes' answer was We cannot do it, Sir, because -'
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It's as large as life and twice as natural.
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In Alice in Wonderland, Alice asks the Cheshire Cat for directions 'Would you tell me, please, which is the way to go from here' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, ' says the cat. 'I don't much care where...' says Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' says the cat.
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That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day.
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