The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘The House at Pooh Corner’ (1928) ch. 3
He respects Owl, because you can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if
he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday
simply doesn’t count.
‘The House at Pooh Corner’ (1928) ch. 5
Pooh began to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little
Brain, and you Think of Things, you sometimes find that a Thing which seemed very Thingish
inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
‘The House at Pooh Corner’ (1928) ch. 6
They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace—
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guard.
‘A soldier’s life is terrible hard,’
Says Alice.
‘When We Were Very Young’ (1924) ‘Buckingham Palace’
James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James
Said to his Mother,
‘Mother,’ he said, said he;
‘You must never go down to the end of the town, if you don’t go down with me.’
‘When We Were Very Young’ (1924) ‘Disobedience’
There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed
Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red),
And all the day long he’d a wonderful view
Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).
‘When We Were Very Young’ (1924) ‘The Dormouse and the Doctor’
The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
‘Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?’
‘When We Were Very Young’ (1924) ‘The King’s Breakfast’
And some of the bigger bears try to pretend
That they came round the corner to look for a friend;