 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - Literature - 1905 - 330 pages
...argument for you!' " "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,' " Alice objected. "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty 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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1980 - 790 pages
...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... | |
 | Margaret Drummond - Child development - 1920 - 216 pages
...Humpty-Dumpty smiled contemptuously, ' Of course you don't — till I tell you. I meant " there 'sa nice knockdown argument for you." ' ' But " glory...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... | |
 | Robert Graves - English language - 1926 - 74 pages
...said : " There's glory for you." " I don't know what you mean by ' glory,' " Alice said. Humpty-Dumpty smiled contemptuously. " Of course you don't— till...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1961 - 862 pages
...at 574-580 (dissent) (1959). • This is reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's classic utterance : "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." stitutes a form of "shorthand" language to facilitate... | |
 | D. J. van Alkemade - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1980 - 412 pages
...concerned with this problem. "There's glory for you!" "I don't know what you mean by 'glory' " said Alice. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you...objected. "When / use a word", Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less". "The question... | |
 | Ernst Kretschmer - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 360 pages
...Träumer, Sinnierer.40 Christian Morgenstern: Gingganz ist einfach ein deutsches Wort für Ideologe.41 Humpty Dumpty: "There's glory for you! "I don't know...objected. "When /use a word", Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question... | |
 | Dominick LaCapra - History - 1983 - 356 pages
...monitory. ... 3. Serving as a type, instance, or illustration. Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary "I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'" Alice said....objected. "When / use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question... | |
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there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'" 'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument",' Alice objected. 'When / use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less. 
