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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll. (1832–1898) (continued)
 
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      Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
          Alice in Wonderland. Chap. ix.
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      “Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,” the Mock Turtle replied, “and the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.”
          Alice in Wonderland. Chap. x.
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    ’T was brillig, and the slithy toves
  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
  And the mome raths outgrabe.
          Through the Looking-glass. Chap. i.
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    He chortled in his joy.
          Through the Looking-glass. Chap. i.
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    “The time has come,” the Walrus said,
  “To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—
  Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling hot—
  And whether pigs have wings.
          Through the Looking-glass. Chap. iii.
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    As large as life and twice as natural.
          Through the Looking-glass. Chap. vii.
 
Sir Edwin Arnold. (1832–1904)
 
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    He who died at Azan sends
This to comfort all his friends:—
Faithful friends! It lies I know
Pale and white and cold as snow;
And ye say, ‘Abdallah’s dead!’
Weeping at the feet and head.
I can see your falling tears,
I can hear your sighs and prayers;
Yet I smile and whisper this:
I am not the thing you kiss.
Cease your tears and let it lie;
It was mine—it is not I.
          After Death in Arabia.