 | 1912 - 788 pagini
...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 - 1893 - 252 pagini
...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 - 1897 - 164 pagini
...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 - 1900 - 306 pagini
...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 - 1902 - 422 pagini
...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 - 1905 - 330 pagini
...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... | |
 | 1907 - 394 pagini
...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 - 1922 - 392 pagini
...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... | |
 | 1916 - 204 pagini
...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 - 1916 - 332 pagini
...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... 
