"Alice sighed wearily. "I think you might do something better with the time," she said, "than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers."
If… - Lewis Carroll
"Alice sighed wearily. "I think you might do something better with the time," she said, "than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers."
If you knew Time as well as I do," said the Hatter, "you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him."
I don't know what you mean," said Alice.
Of course you don't!" the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. "I dare say you never even spoke to Time!"
Perhaps not," Alice cautiously replied: "but I know I have to beat time when I learn music."
Ah! That accounts for it," said the Hatter. "He won't stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock.
For instance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!"
Lewis Carroll (born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) was an English author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His father was Charles Dodgson (archdeacon), his great-grandfather was Charles Dodgson (bishop) and his nephew was Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.
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Birth Name:
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
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Charles Dodgson
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Lewis Caroll
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Lewis Carroll Dodgson
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Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
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Rev. C. L. Dodgson
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Charles L. Dodgson
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Lewis Caroll Dodgson
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C. L. Dodgson
"That narrow window, I expect, Serves but to let the dusk in - " "But please," said I, "to recollect 'Twas fashioned by an architect Who pinned his faith on Ruskin!"
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