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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Said his father; ‘don’t give yourself airs!<br />

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?<br />

Be <strong>of</strong>f, or I’ll kick you downstairs!’<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 5.<br />

Speak roughly to your little boy,<br />

And beat him when he sneezes;<br />

He only does it to annoy,<br />

Because he knows it teases.<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 6<br />

‘<strong>The</strong>n you should say what you mean,’ the March Hare went on. ‘I do,’ Alice hastily replied;<br />

‘at least—at least I mean what I say—that’s the same thing, you know.’ ‘Not the same thing a<br />

bit!’ said the Hatter. ‘Why, you might just as well say that “I see what I eat” is the same thing as<br />

“I eat what I see!”’<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 7<br />

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!<br />

How I wonder what you’re at!<br />

Up above the world you fly!<br />

Like a teatray in the sky.<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 7.<br />

‘Take some more tea,’ the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. ‘I’ve had nothing yet,’<br />

Alice replied in an <strong>of</strong>fended tone, ‘so I can’t take more.’ ‘You mean you can’t take less,’ said the<br />

Hatter: ‘it’s very easy to take more than nothing.’<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 7<br />

Everything’s got a moral, if you can only find it.<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 9<br />

Take care <strong>of</strong> the sense, and the sounds will take care <strong>of</strong> themselves.<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 9.<br />

‘That’s nothing to what I could say if I chose,’ the Duchess replied.<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 9<br />

‘That’s the reason they’re called lessons,’ the Gryphon remarked: ‘because they lessen from<br />

day to day.’<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 9<br />

‘Will you walk a little faster?’ said a whiting to a snail,<br />

‘<strong>The</strong>re’s a porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail.’<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 10<br />

Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, will you join the dance?<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 10<br />

‘Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?’ he asked. ‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said,<br />

gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’<br />

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) ch. 12

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