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Lewis Carroll Quotes

1832–1898 England

Lewis Carroll (born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) was an English author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His father was Charles Dodgson (archdeacon), his great-grandfather was Charles Dodgson (bishop) and his nephew was Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.

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Also known as: About Lewis Carroll, Carroll, Lewis, Hunting of the Snark

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The rabbits bow before thee,
And cower in the straw;
The chickens are submissive,
And own thy will for law;
Bullfinches and canary
Thy bidding do obey;
And e'en the tortoise in its shell
Doth never say thee nay.

'O gin I find anither ladye,'
He said wi' sighs and tears,
'I wot my coortin' sall not be
Anither thirty years: 'For gin I find a ladye gay,
Exactly to my taste,
I'll pop the question, aye or nay,
In twenty years at maist.'

Rhyme? and Reason? (1883)

So, to reward him for his run
(As it was baking hot,
And he was over twenty stone),
The King proceeded, half in fun,
To knight him on the spot.

Phantasmagoria (1869)

You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lewis Carroll (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.