Identifier: throughlookinggl00carr4 (find matches)
Title: Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 Newell, Peter, 1862-1924
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Publisher: New York, London, Harper & Brothers

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T long? Alice asked, forshe had heard a good deal of poetrythat day. Its long, said the Knight, butits very, very beautiful. Everybodythat hears me sing it—either it bringsthe tears into their eyes, or else— Or else what? said Alice, for theKnight had made a sudden pause. Or else it doesnt, you know. Thename of the song is called HaddocksEyes. Oh, thats the name of the song, isit? Alice said, trying to feel interested. No, you dont understand, theKnight said, looking a little vexed. Thats what the name is called. Thename really is The Aged, Aged Man. Then I ought to have said, Thatswhat the song is called? Alice cor-rected herself. No, you oughtnt; thats quite 166
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With a faint smile lighting up his gentle, foolish face, ... he began THE NEW>UBLIC LIBRARY ITS MY OWN INVENTION another thing! The song is calledWays and Means; but thats onlywhat its called, you know! Well, what is the song, then? saidAlice, who was by this time completelybewildered. I was coming to that, the Knightsaid. The song really is A-sittingOn a Gate; and the tunes my owninvention. So saying, he stopped his horse andlet the reins fall on its neck; then,slowly beating time with one hand,and with a faint smile lighting up hisgentle, foolish face, as if he enjoyedthe music of his song, he began. Of all the strange things that Alicesaw in her journey Through the Look-ing-Glass, this was the one that shealways remembered most clearly. Yearsafterwards she could bring the wholescene back again, as if it had been onlyyesterday — the mild, blue eyes and kindly smile of the Knight; the setting 167 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS sun gleaming through his hair, andshining on his armor in

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