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He watched her closely as he spoke, and observed the quiver of her long, curling lashes; he saw, too, that she was resolved not to surrender, and waited for an explicit defense; but here Eugene interrupted. "All this tweedledum and tweedledee reminds me of Heidelberg days, when a few of us roamed about the Odenwald, chopping off flowers with our canes and discussing philosophy.
"Practical use of Christianity," repeated Seymour, disdainfully, "the commonest charity would have had the same result." "And what is the commonest charity but the essence of Christianity?" asked Minnie. "Fiddlestick!" replied Seymour, irreverently. "Religion is based upon the difference, in an ecclesiastical sense, 'twixt tweedledum and tweedledee."
As soon as Eustace had departed from Tweedledum to Tweedledee, or, in other words, from James, barrister, to John, solicitor, Dick was again summoned and bade go to a certain Mr. Thomson on the next floor. Mr. Thomson had an excellent library, which had come to him by will.
"Tweedledum and tweedledee!" laughed Clara. "It does seem good to see you boys up here," Belle went on with enthusiasm. "How long are you going to stay?" "In other words, how soon are you going to be rid of us?" asked Danny Grin. "Are you speaking for yourself, Mr. Dalzell?" Belle returned tartly. "I inquired more particularly about the others."
It was a dirty dark morning, "thick o' rain," and a nasty sea was running, but we were really glad of a chance of doing anything to relieve the monotony. So we booted and oil-skinned, sou'-westered and life-jacketed, till we looked like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and felt much as I expect a German student does when he is bandaged and padded till he can hardly move, preparatory to his first duel.
'Are there any lions or tigers about here? she asked timidly. 'It's only the Red King snoring, said Tweedledee. 'Come and look at him! the brothers cried, and they each took one of Alice's hands, and led her up to where the King was sleeping. 'Isn't he a LOVELY sight? said Tweedledum. Alice couldn't say honestly that he was.
Bird's, whose mansion I can look down upon from a lofty height reached by a flight of fifty wooden steps, good training in athletics! Mrs. Morton is a kind landlady and the house is a home, in a certain way, "But oh, the difference to me 'Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee! "There is a Morton girl, too; but she neither plays nor sings nor jokes, nor even looks, in fine, she is not Polly!
"'Cos I'm light," retorted the Doctor. "'Cos I'm a damn fool," he added with a sudden access of bitterness. "Look here, Tweedledee, what about this bloomin' boat? Here I've been standing for the last five minutes ah, there she is." He gazed distastefully at the lower boom, where two members of the galley's crew were casting off the painter that secured the boat to the Jacob's ladder.
'It would never do to say "How d'ye do?" NOW, she said to herself: 'we seem to have got beyond that, somehow! 'I hope you're not much tired? she said at last. 'Nohow. And thank you VERY much for asking, said Tweedledum. 'So much obliged! added Tweedledee. 'You like poetry? 'Ye-es, pretty well SOME poetry, Alice said doubtfully. 'Would you tell me which road leads out of the wood?
The form of the Engineer Lieutenant emerged from the superstructure and came skipping towards them. "Sorry, everybody! Am I late? My perishing servant forgot to call me. And then I couldn't find my little short pants. Tweedledee, I've just been having a lap at your cocoa: the Quartermaster said it was getting cold." "Not mine," replied the Officer of the Watch. "I've finished mine.
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