Below is the first paragraph of one of my favourite pieces by Lewis Carroll. The full text is in my Driveway account, in both the WordPerfect format it was half-scanned, half-typed in, and in M$ Word97 format for those lacking the taste and refinement needed to appreciate WP. Look for Lewis Carroll's Belfry


THE NEW BELFRY OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD

A Monograph by D. C. L.


‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever.'

I. ON THE ETYMOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW BELFRY, CH. CH.

THE word ‘Belfry' is derived from the French bel, ‘beautiful, becoming, meet', and from the German frei, ‘free, unfettered, secure, safe'. Thus the word is strictly equivalent to ‘meatsafe', to which the new Belfry bears a resemblance so perfect as almost to amount to coincidence.