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...for you ! '" " But ' glory ' doesn't mean ' a nice knockdown argument,' " Alice objected. " When / 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...

...argument for you!'" " But ' glory ' doesn't mean ' a nice knockdown argument/ " Alice objected. " When / 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...

...contemptuously. "Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knockdown argument for you!' " "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'...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...

...contemptuously. " Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant' there's a nice knockdown argument for you!'" "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'"...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...

...contemptuously. "Of course you don't — till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knockdown argument for you!' " "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'...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 you can make...

...Vers de Societe seem somewhat in the position of the charming philosopher of Wonderland fame: '"When 7 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...

...proffered interpretation. This recalls Lewis Carroll's classic advice on the construction of language: " 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what / choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' " Through the Looking Glass, in The Complete Works...

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...birthday presents, you know. There's glory for you!" "I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' " Alice said. "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'...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...