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Humpty Dumpty and Alice, from Through the Looking-Glass. Illustration by John Tenniel. Humpty Dumpty also makes an appearance in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1871). There Alice remarks that Humpty is "exactly like an egg", which Humpty finds to be "very provoking" in the looking-glass world. Alice clarifies that she said he looks ...
Humpty Dumpty playbill, New York, 1873 revival American pantomime , panto for short, refers to works of theatrical entertainment that have been presented in the United States of America since 1876. The works are derived from the entertainment genre of pantomime that developed in England, presented either as they are in Britain or adapted for ...
"All the King's Horses" (short story), a 1953 short story by Kurt Vonnegut; All the King's Horses, a novel by Jeffrey A. Nesbit; All the King's Horses, a 1930 novel by Margaret Widdemer; All the King's Horses, a 1960 novel by Michèle Bernstein; All the King's Horses, a 1961 comedy play by John McDonnell
Humpty Dumpty is a bimonthly American magazine for children 2 to 6 years old that takes its title from the nursery rhyme of the same name. The magazine features short stories, poems, nonfiction articles, games, comics, recipes, crafts, and more. Having been continuously produced for more than 65 years, it is one of the oldest American magazines ...
On Saturday in Turner, Oregon, a statue of nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty took a tumble off a wall at the Enchanted Forest amusement park. Talk about life imitating art ... or perhaps life ...
"When I use a word," replied Humpty-Dumpty in a somewhat disdainful tone of voice, "it means exactly what I like it to mean... no more and no less." "The question," said Alice, "is whether you have the power to make words mean something other than what they mean." "The question," retorted Humpty-Dumpty, "is who will be the master... period." [83]
Humpty Dumpty Sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty Had a great fall. And all the king's horses And all the king's men Can't put Humpty Dumpty Together again. Un petit d'un petit S'étonne aux Halles Un petit d'un petit Ah! degrés te fallent Indolent qui ne sort cesse Indolent qui ne se mène Qu'importe un petit d'un petit Tout Gai de Reguennes. A ...
When Alice sees the White King next, in a later chapter, he is, along with many other characters in the story, the size of a normal adult. Humpty Dumpty, as a chesspiece, is "taken" (symbolised by his notorious fall from where he sits) and the White King appears with his soldiers, presumably in hopes of putting him back together.