When, as a child, I first opened my eyes on a Sunday-morning, a feeling of dismal anicipation, which … - Lewis Carroll

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Lewis Carroll

When, as a child, I first opened my eyes on a Sunday-morning, a feeling of dismal anicipation, which began at least on the Friday,culminated. I knew what was before me, and my wish, if not my word, was "Would God it were evening!" It was no day of rest, but a day of texts, of catechisms (Watts'), of tracts about converted swearers, godly charwomen, and edifying deaths of sinners saved. . . . There was but one rosy spot, in the distance, all that day: and that was "bed-time," which never could come too early!

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