Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (195 page)

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e
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0
† 2
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† 4
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0
;         1
e
′d
† 3
eb
† 4
d
′c
† 2
c
′a
    ¶
ba
0

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

36.

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1
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† 2
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1
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0
;         1
d
′c′
† 3
cb
† 4
e
′d
† 2
ea
′
    ¶
ba
′
0

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

37.

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ce
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0
† 2
b
′a′
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† 3
h
1
d
′
0
† 4
ae
0
† 5
bd
0
;

1
ce
′
† 4
ae
† 2
b
′a′
† 5
bd
† 3
hd
′
    ¶
ch
0
†
h
1
,     i.e.
¶
h
1
c
0

i.e.
All
your
poems are uninteresting.

38.

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b
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1
a
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0
† 2
db
0
† 3
he
′
0
† 4
ec
0
† 5
a
1
h
′
0
;

1
b
′a′
† 2
db
† 5
ah
′
† 3
he
′
† 4
ec
    ¶
dc
0

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

39.

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

1
cd
† 3
c
′a′
† 5
ed
′
† 2
he
′
† 4
h
′b
    ¶
a
′b
0

i.e.
No pawnbroker is dishonest.

40.

1
bd
′
0
† 2
c
′h
0
† 3
e
1
b
′
0
† 4
da
0
† 5
e
′c
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
c
1
a
′
0
† 2
h
′b
0
† 3
ae
0
† 4
d
1
c
′
0
† 5
h
1
e
′
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
′
0
† 3
c
′
1
e
′
0
† 4
b
′a′
0
† 5
d
1
e
0
;

1
ca
† 3
c
′e′
† 4
b
′a′
† 5
de
† 2
hd
′
    ¶
b
′h
0
†
h
1
, i.e.
¶
h
1
b
′
0

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

43.

1
b
′
1
e
0
† 2
ah
0
† 3
dc
0
† 4
e
′
1
a
′
0
† 5
bc
′
0

1
b
′e
† 4
e
′a′
† 2
ah
† 5
bc
′
† 3
dc
    ¶
hd
0

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

44.

1
e
1
b
′
0
† 2
a
′d
0
† 3
c
1
h
′
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.

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