Alice's Adventures in WonderlandBranden Books, 2000 - 352 pages |
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Alice began Alice looked Alice replied Alice thought Alice's angrily asked baby beautiful Soup begin birds Caterpillar Cheshire-Cat Consider your verdict cook court creatures cried Alice curious dead silence Dinah Dodo door Dormouse Duchess earls of Mercia eyes feet finished flamingo Footman grin grow Gryphon hand hastily Hatter head hear heard hedgehog hurried join the dance jury King Knave LITTLE BILL little golden key lobsters looked at Alice Majesty March Hare minute Mock Turtle Mouse never Oh dear once Pigeon poor Alice poor little thing porpoise puzzled Queen of Hearts queer remark remember rose-tree round seemed serpent sighed silence sitting slates sneezing soon sort spoke sure tail talking tell there's thought Alice three gardeners tone took tried trying turned twinkle voice waited walked White Rabbit wish wonder words
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Page 54 - You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose — What made you so awfully clever?" "I have answered three questions, and that is enough,
Page 78 - Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least — at least I mean what I say — that's the same thing, you know.
Page 135 - They told me you had been to her. And mentioned me to him: She gave me a good character, But said I could not swim. He sent them word I had not gone (We know it to be true): If she should push the matter on. What would become of you?
Page 32 - Let us both go to law: I will prosecute YOU. -Come, I'll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I've nothing to do.
Page 135 - I gave her one, they gave him two, You gave us three or more; They all returned from him to you, Though they were mine before. If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were.
Page 103 - The game's going on rather better now," she said, by way of keeping up the conversation a little. "Tis so," said the Duchess: "and the moral of that is— 'Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love, that makes the world go round!
Page 103 - Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.
Page 78 - I eat what I see'!" "You might just as well say," added the March Hare, "that 'I like what I get' is the same thing as 'I get what I like'!" "You might just as well say...
Page 71 - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,
Page 68 - While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down, and the poor little thing howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words: "7 speak severely to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughly enjoy The pepper when he pleases!
References to this book
Words about Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children's Picture Books Perry Nodelman Limited preview - 1990 |
Words about Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children's Picture Books Perry Nodelman Limited preview - 1990 |