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Tweedledum and Tweedledee   Listen
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee  phr.  Two things practically alike; a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini."





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"Tweedledum and Tweedledee" Quotes from Famous Books



... are too much alike. When we meet with the Tweedledum and Tweedledee in mind, one of them is always a copy, an ...
— The Green Carnation • Robert Smythe Hichens
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... that they must unlearn certain things the schools had taught them: preoccupation with the relative merits of Gothic and Classic—tweedledum and tweedledee. Furthermore, they must learn certain neglected lessons from the engineer, lessons that they will be able immeasurably to better, for although the engineer is a very monster of competence and efficiency within his limits, ...
— Architecture and Democracy • Claude Fayette Bragdon
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... that Doctor Keltridge, within himself, was applying profane adjectives to the spiritual doubtings of his rector. It would have astounded him beyond all words, had he known how trivial to the doctor's seasoned mind had seemed his own juggling touch upon the rival claims of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Had Brenton held within himself one tenth of Reed Opdyke's staying power, all would have come out right in the end. The pieces of the puzzle would have fallen into their true places. Instead, Scott ...
— The Brentons • Anna Chapin Ray
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... that I should have been the last to stifle a publication which was every week what James Mill[630] would call a dose of capital for my Budget. A few anti-paradoxers brought in common sense: but to the mass of the readers of the journal it all seemed to be the difference between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Some said that the influx of scientific paradoxes killed the journal: but my belief is that they made it last longer than it otherwise would have done. Twenty years ago I recommended the paradoxers to combine and publish ...
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) • Augustus de Morgan
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Words linked to "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" :   brace, pair, Tweedledee and Tweedledum


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