 | 1912 - 788 pages
...Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, ' it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' " ' The question is,' said Alice,...question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, ' which is to be master — that's all.' " Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - Adventure and adventurers - 1893 - 252 pages
...Avord," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." " The question is," said Alice, "...question is," said Humpty Dumpty, " which is to be master — that 's all." Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty... | |
 | Lady Victoria Welby - English language - 1897 - 164 pages
...mean — neither more nor less '. ' The question is ', said Alice, ' whether you can make one word mean so many different things '. ' The question is ', said Humpty Dumpty, ' which is to be master, that's all. . . . They've a temper some of them — particularly verbs, they're the proudest... | |
 | Christine Terhune Herrick - Cooking, American - 1900 - 306 pages
...interviews with Humpty Dumpty in the country behind the lookingglass — "the question is whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master; that's all." Shall we rule our houses or have our houses rule us? Most of us have to make the... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - Literature - 1902 - 422 pages
...argument,' " Alice objected. "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more...question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all." Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - Literature - 1905 - 330 pages
...word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what 1 choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether...question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master — that's all." Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty... | |
 | American poetry - 1907 - 394 pages
...Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' "'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether...Dumpty, 'Which is to be the master — that's all.'" But though there is variance of opinion concerning the limits of the field, there is harmony of conviction... | |
 | Harriet Monroe - American poetry - 1922 - 392 pages
...mean — neither more nor less." " The question is," said Alice, " whether you can make words mean different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master —that's all." But none of this is said in condemnation. Certain means are proper to certain... | |
 | Folk literature - 1916 - 204 pages
...argument,' " Alice objected. "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more...question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all." There was a long pause. "Is that all?" Alice timidly asked. "That's all," said... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Dyer, Mary J. Brady - Readers - 1916 - 332 pages
...said in rather HUMPTY DUMPTY 149 a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether...question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master, that's all." Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began... | |
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When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty... 
