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Whilst flipping the pages of a very, very old copy of Alice in Wonderland
by  Lewis Caroll (first published in 1865), I came upon a very example of
early of ascii art. I have tried to reproduce it below as accurately as I
can although it cannot be an exact copy because the printed version  used
font size that decreased gradually down the page.

======================================================== 

'It  is  a long tail, certainly said Alice, looking down
with wonder at the Mouse's tail; 'but why do you call it
sad?'  And  she  kept  on  puzzling  about  it while the
Mouse was speaking, so that her idea  of  the  tale  was
something like this:- 'Fury said to a
                   mouse, That
                     he met in the
                          house, "Let
                              us both go
                                 to law: I
                                 will prosec-
                                  cute you --
                                Come, I'll
                             take no de-
                         nial:  We
                     must  have
                 the trial;
               For really
             this morn-
           ing I've
          nothing
         to do."
          Said the
           mouse to
            the cur,
             "Such   a
               trial, dear
                   sir, With
                      no  jury
                        or judge,
                            would
                         be wast-
                      ing our
                   breath."
                 "I'll be
               judge,
            I'll be
          jury,"
         said
        cun-
        ning
          old
           Fury;
             "I'll
               try
                 the
                  whole
                   cause,
                    and
                  con-
                demn
              you to
           death"
========================================================

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