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'Well, "toves" are something like badgers - they're something like lizards - and they're something like corkscrews.'
John Lundberg: The Poems You Loved As A Kid (Yes, You Did!) 2008
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Alice remarked thoughtfully: 'and what are "toves"?'
John Lundberg: The Poems You Loved As A Kid (Yes, You Did!) 2008
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“Never mind the slithy toves, let me tell you about the time all the cats in the neighborhood splooped into floons….”
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Where Do You Get Your Ideas? It’s Sherwood’s Fault 2010
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I think the slythy toves did gyre and gimble in that cake.
Happy Wending! 2010
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Here's a simple recipe: 1. Pick a sentence you like e.g., "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe."
Archive 2009-01-01 josh 2009
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Of course no slithy toves disturbed your sleep later ……?
Mock Turtle Soup at The Fat Duck | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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“Twas brillig, and the slivy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe…”
Blagojevich, the Iambic Anglophile - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Here's a simple recipe: 1. Pick a sentence you like e.g., "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe."
What is the Longest Sentence in English? josh 2009
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I had written the first line from "Jabberwocky": "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves ..."
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"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves" the first line of Jabberwocky.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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A conversation with Alice in Through the Looking-Glass:
"Well, toves are something like badgers—they're something like lizards—and they're something like corkscrews."
"They must be very curious looking creatures."
"They are that," said Humpty Dumpty: "also they make their nests under sun-dials—also they live on cheese."
July 18, 2008