Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Lewis CarrollThrough the Looking-Glass, 1871 · Chapter V: Wool and Water
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Lewis Carroll · Through the Looking-Glass
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“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things…”
- Author
- Lewis Carroll
- Work
- Through the Looking-Glass
- Year
- 1871
- Chapter / part
- Chapter V: Wool and Water
- Length
- 12 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #12
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