Comments on: Fast http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/fast/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Dunham http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/fast/comment-page-1/#comment-6815 Steve Dunham Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:27:25 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3967#comment-6815 In Lewis Carroll's book <i>Through the Looking Glass</i>, the white knight describes getting stuck inside his own oversize helmet: "'It took hours and hours to get me out. I was as fast as--as lightning, you know.' "'But that's a different kind of fastness,' Alice objected. "The Knight shook his head. 'It was all kinds of fastness with me, I can assure you!'" In Lewis Carroll’s book Through the Looking Glass, the white knight describes getting stuck inside his own oversize helmet:

“‘It took hours and hours to get me out. I was as fast as–as lightning, you know.’

“‘But that’s a different kind of fastness,’ Alice objected.

“The Knight shook his head. ‘It was all kinds of fastness with me, I can assure you!’”

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