Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (195 page)

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i.e.
No bird in this aviary lives on mince-pies.

36.

 

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i.e.
No plum-pudding, that has not been boiled in a cloth, can be distinguished from soup.

37.

 

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hd

    ¶
ch
0

h
1
,     i.e.

h
1
c
0

i.e.
All
your
poems are uninteresting.

38.

 

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1
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0
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† 2
db
† 5
ah

† 3
he

† 4
ec
    ¶
dc
0

i.e.
None of my peaches have been grown in a hothouse.

39.

 

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1
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0
;

 

1
cd
† 3
c
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† 5
ed

† 2
he

† 4
h
′b
    ¶
a
′b
0

i.e.
No pawnbroker is dishonest.

40.

 

1
bd

0
† 2
c
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0
† 3
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1
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0
;

 

1
bd

† 3
eb

† 4
da
† 5
e
′c
† 2
c
′h
    ¶
ah
0

i.e.
No kitten with green eyes will play with a gorilla.

41.

 

1
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1
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d
1
c

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1
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0
;

 

1
ca

† 3
ae
† 4
dc

† 5
he

† 2
h
′b
    ¶
db
0

d
1
,     i.e.

d
1
b
0

i.e.
All
my
friends in this College dine at the lower table.

42.

 

1
ca
0
† 2
h
1
d

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c

1
e

0
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0
;

 

1
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† 3
c
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† 4
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′a′
† 5
de
† 2
hd

    ¶
b
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0

h
1
, i.e.

h
1
b

0

i.e.
My writing-desk is full of live scorpions.

43.

 

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b
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† 4
e
′a′
† 2
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† 5
bc

† 3
dc
    ¶
hd
0

i.e.
No Mandarin ever reads Hogg’s poems.

44.

 

1
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1
b

0
† 2
a
′d
0
† 3
c
1
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0
† 4
e
′a
0
† 5
d
′h
0
;

 

1
eb

† 4
e
′a
† 2
a
′d
† 5
d
′h
† 3
ch

    ¶
b
′c
0

c
1
, i.e.

c
1
b

0

i.e.
Shakespeare was clever.

45.

 

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1
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0
† 2
hb

0
† 3
d
1
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e
1
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0
† 5
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1
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0
;

 

1
e
′c′
† 4
ea

† 3
da
† 5
cb
† 2
hb

    ¶
dh
0

d
1
,     i.e.

d
1
h
0

i.e.
Rainbows are not worth writing odes to.

46.

 

1
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0
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1
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† 4
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0
;

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