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  • The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, ‘It was a treacle-well.’

    Alice in Wonderland 2003

  • Hatter; ‘so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well — eh, stupid?’

    Alice in Wonderland 2003

  • The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said: "It was a treacle-well."

    The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

  • "You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh stupid?"

    The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

  • "You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh, stupid?"

    The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902

  • The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, "It was a treacle-well."

    The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902

  • The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, ` It was a treacle-well. '

    Alice's Adventures In Wonderland 1901

  • ` You can draw water out of a water-well, 'said the Hatter; ` so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh, stupid?'

    Alice's Adventures In Wonderland 1901

  • Alice's Dormouse would have had the gratification of seeing a real treacle-well.

    Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • "You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh, stupid?"

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1866

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