,transcriber's ,notes ,text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as text and text1 respectively4 ,small capitals have been replaced by ,,all ,,capitals2 text represents superscript text4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,santa-,,claus ,,book ,,of ,,games ,,and ,,puzzles ,,new-,,york ,,john ,h4 ,,tingley #aeb ,,fulton ,s,t4 ,,the ,,santa ,,claus' ,,book ,,of ,,games ,,and ,,puzzles3 ,a ,,collection ,,of ,,riddles1 ,,charades1 ,,enigmas1 ,,rebuses1 ,,anagrams1 ,,labyrinths1 ,,acrostics1 ,,etc4 ,,with ,a ,,hieroglyphic ,,preface4 ,,over ,,one ,,hundred ,,illustrations4 ,,new ,,york3 ,,john ,h4 ,,tingley1 #aeb ,,fulton ,,street4 #ahfd4 ,entered1 according to ,act of ,congress1 in the year #ahfc1 by ,,john ,h4 ,,tingley1 ,in the ,clerk's ,office of the ,district ,court for the ,southern ,district of ,new ,york4 ,,contents4 ,,page ,,hieroglyphic ,,preface1 v ,,puzzles1 #i ,,charades1 #bb ,,riddles1 #db ,,rebuses1 #ea ,,enigmas1 #fi ,,acrostics1 #gh ,,decapitations1 #ha ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,enigmatically ,,expressed1 #hg ,,cuttings ,,for ,,planting1 #id ,,anagrams1 #ih ,,conundrums1 #ajd ,,labyrinths1 #ba1 #da1 #gg1 #ic1 #ajh ,illustration3 ,sphinx ,,preface4 ,illustration3 ,the ,enigma is of such ancient and ,illustration3 ,r ,e speckedable origin1 t,illustration3 hat ,illustration3 eye shall ask no #a #b ,,xqq me #d offering this ,illustration3 book #b the public4 ,enigmatical 88 ,r frequent ,illustration3 inn the ,scriptures1 and ,illustration3 inn olden times of#aj contained a ,illustration3 grate deal of ,fv,oa,rl,mu,aa,tb,il,oe,n4 ,i ,illustration3 inn#aj';d1 my ,illustration3 deer young friends1 #b combine instruction with ,,muument3 and do ,illustration3 knot f,illustration3 ear ,illustration3 butt w,illustration3 hat my ,illustration3 ,x speckedations will ,b suf,illustration3 fishently real,illustration3 eyesd4 ,right ,illustration3 well ,illustration3 eye know1 little ,illustration3 boy,s and ,illustration3 girls1 ,u ,illustration3 cannot fail #b ,b d,illustration3 lighted w,illustration3 hen ,illustration3 eye am ma,illustration3 king such ,f,illustration3 forts in ,illustration3 ewer ,b 2 so1 ,illustration3 heartily shaking ,u ,illustration3 awl by the ,illustration3 hand ,illustration3 eye re,illustration3 mane ,illustration3 ewers truly1 ,,santa ,,claus4 ,,puzzles1 ,,riddles1 ,,enigmas1 c4 ,,puzzles4 ,illustration #a ,two thousand one hundred divided by two1 ,will show what all monkeys will readily do4 #b ,m a pain negative quaker vessel with indefinite article ,n ,v you and me superior animal4 ,illustration #c ,,bb ,h#a,y ,,winuuter4 #d ,exist merchandise of diminutive ,x instruments for writing es1 a minute breach testament drain a large vessel4 #e ,,iiar ,,bb ,u ,r #b ,x ,,ur ,,idaa ,r #b ,,mt #b ,,muu ,,ne #a ,u ,r #b ,,epqren #b ,,xsii ,,ur ,,nrgg ,o ,,xqqs ,o ,x#aj,u#hh ,,ur ,,xss #d ,u ,o #b ,b ,,yyr4 #f ,,opm ,,br ,,fmnac ,,trr ,r ,,uuule ,,nmee #b ,,nrg ,o #b ,b ,,spcle ,,ods #b ,u ,,dr ,,ln4 #g ,o ,,mle ,b#i ,,fmn#h ,b#d ,u ,x#aj,u#h ,,ne ,,xs ,c ,a ,,yy ,,det4 #h ,our to avow head ornament article of food is to a greater degree over and above vag insect than the article of dress a grain of #d air4 #i ,a certain number call to mind1 ,and very curious 'tis1 you'll find2 ,for if of three it is bereft1 ,the self-same number will be left6 #aj ,young girls' nickname eros ,o provisions rated out are nickname of ,susan1 fabled angel1 small conjunction1 one and one any ,o provision allotted1 of other work oars ,o those who rate1 things laid by a hen sneering speech4 ,illustration #aa ,if by nought you divide one hundred and ten1 ,you will have a fine animal1 treasured of men4 #ab ,though but three letters ,i am named1 ,my first two make a word of four2 ,my third1 split from a nation famed1 ,will leave a dweller on its shore4 ,i've often wept o'er human guilt1 ,and yet ,i never shed a tear2 ,and though another's blood ,i've spilt1 ,the law has never made me fear4 ,though on the ,arctic shores ,i dwell1 ,and far in ,china always stay1 ',tis true ,i toll the ,moscow bell1 ,and yet you see me every day4 ,my brother is of ,moorish birth1 ,and gladdens oft ,sahara's waste2 ,i rightly estimate his worth1 ,and find him pleasant to the taste4 ,we1 both united1 form1 you see1 ,a mighty instrument of power2 ,we are a despot's firm decree1 ,and cause republicans to cower4 #ac ,a ,,word ,,of ,,five ,,letters4 ,if you my first by two divide1 ,my fifth it will produce2 ,which1 if you will by ten divide1 ,my third you may peruse4 ,again my third by five divide1 ,my second will appear2 ,my second then by one divide1 ,you'll see my fourth quite clear2 ,my whole at once you'll plainly see1 ,which ,i advise you all to be4 #ad ,we two1 when together1 incite division1 ,yet either one of us preserves unity1 and is ever present with every man4 ,bound together1 we are leaders of harmony1 ,then1 joining our heads1 we lead armies4 ,when crossed1 we assist in every exaltation4 ,tied by the heels1 we crown victory4 #ae ,ni reevy andl dan micle ,i yam eb dofun ,ni rai ni wreat sola redun dogrun1 ,fo saurivo tross ,i ma1 dan saviour shue1 ,fo rivasou dinks fo wronb1 dan sivorau slube1 ,m'i stimoseme clabk1 ro yrag1 dan mesetimos erd1 ,lou'ly syrule dnif em otu morf thaw vi'e aids1 ,noe throe thin ot dia ouy ni oury suges1 ,wotthiu em tubs 'aye elfs weer laveluses4 #af ,what two words1 of eight letters each1 one an adjective1 the other a verb1 will exactly resolve themselves into each other8 #ag ,take five from five1 and in its place put twice five hundred and fifty4 ,what musical instrument will it name8 ,illustration #ah ,h ,i knees4 #ai ,,the ,,silver ,,puzzle4 ,lay a ten-cent piece upon the table-cloth1 between two half-dollars1 and place a tumbler upon the larger coins1 ,the puzzle is to remove the ten-cent piece without displacing either of the half-dollars1 or the glass4 ,you are not allowed to touch the ten-cent piece1 either with your hands or anything else1 nor must you blow it away6 #bj ,a ,,riddle ,,within ,a ,,riddle4 ,moce ye unigieson nose1 hist dilerd suesg1 ,ti si ton cufidlift1 ouy liwl socfens2 ,thaw si hatt burmen--hiwhc fi ouy ivdedi1 ,ouy hent liwl hington veale no theire dies8 ,illustration #ba ,w fowl one testament negative1 twice one tin vessel negative quarrel4 #bb ,,two ,,disjointed ,,proverbs4 ,a great many of our difficulties may be dissimulation by assiduity and proper diligence4 come mischief lurks4 #bc ,,the ,,dog ,,puzzle4 ,illustration ,add four lines to these apparently dead dogs1 which shall give them the appearance of running away4 #bd ,find a word containing six letters1 or less1 and out of it produce all the parts of speech4 #be ,find a word which contains the five vowels1 each vowel being used but once4 ,illustration #bf ,i am a word of five letters4 ,my first minus my fifth will leave my second2 my fifth divided by my first will produce my fourth2 and five times my first added to five times my fifth will make my third2 my whole is funny4 #bg ,i contain just five hundred and fifty1 ,and also one hundred and nought1 ,if the numbers are rightly disposed1 ,you'll obtain just the number you sought2 ,you will find ,i'm a portion of earth1 ,though perhaps on the map ,i'm not named1 ,yet the deep-sounding sea gave me birth1 ,at my feet there's a river far-famed4 #bh ,illustration3 ,ear long787 ,illustration3 ,x specked ,illustration3 ,a 7great7 overturning ,illustration3 and uprising in ,u rope #bi ,one thousand five hundred divided by one1 ,will express what a lamp is1 compared with the sun4 ,illustration #cj ,first make a full circle1 then turn to the right1 ,and a monarch of old will appear in sight4 #ca ,ey recvel wingkon nose1 dare em gathir1 ,dan grinb ym bustle namegin tino thilg1 ,wi'llt eden mose catineep1 seepcraveren1 catt1 ,ot est ym coldisatosin3 sha'tt a caft4 #cb ,out of what two words 7comprising ten letters in all7 can you get the eight personal pronouns8 #cc ,,shaksperian ,,puzzle4 ,illustration3 ,,kind4 ,you will observe that the ,d is not quite perfect4 ,there is a little notch in it4 ,the answer is found in ,hamlet4 ,illustration #cd ,,old ,,english ,,epitaph4 ,s ,to pread ,e4 ,r4 he reand ,d4 ,e4 ignt1 ,o ,,loo ,,kono new it ,h4 out anam ,e4 ,ne'e rent ,,er ,din theam plebo ,o ,k ,off or tune or off ,,ame4 #ce ,n always place not on money-drawer a future day w an article of dress tin cup insect d of #b present time4 #cf ,get a piece of writing-paper1 and cut the pattern of a miniature horse-shoe3 divide the figure into six pieces1 by only two straight cuts with a pair of scissors4 ,the paper must not be bent or creased4 #cg ,find the original word of eight letters in which each separate word of the following sentence may be found4 8,a rare chase6 ,see1 he reaches her4 ,ah6 she has her cares1 her ear aches40 #ch ,a ,,marst ,,peertear4 ,rices via,sly ot a neverred ,dnea1 ,thaw nosear anc eb vigen1 ,scein rageimar si a hoyl gnhit2 ,hatt rheet si onen in nehave8 ,heert ear on nowme1 eh deplier1 ,hes cuqik turners het stej ,menow heert ear1 tub m' ,i drafia ,hyet noctan dnif a stripe6 #ci #fed #dba ,illustration3 hand #cba is that ,illustration3 hand #b does4 --- --- #ccc #hdb #dj ,des two things matching one another1 blunts definite article1 edge of tavern powdered earth a grain4 #da ,purchase for obtain repleteness of tavern men impaneled to weigh evidence1 we exhibit sixty minutes selves one more exalted twice one them4 ,illustration #db ,there are more than twenty-nine different articles in my garden1 each of which is a family surname4 ,who will name them8 #dc ,i am a verb1 a small word of six letters2 something that every one should strive to do4 ,but ,i am a very comprehensive little word1 for in me may be found-- #a4 ,an entreaty4 #b4 ,a vendue4 #c4 ,a vegetable4 #d4 ,a vital principle4 #e4 ,a spring4 #f4 ,a 8restorer40 #g4 ,a stamp4 #h4 ,a contract4 #i4 ,a nautical term4 #aj4 ,a body of water4 #aa4 ,to perceive4 #ab4 ,rest4 ,illustration #dd ,a boy having some marbles1 wished to divide them with his companions3 he gave half of them to one boy1 who returned him #h2 half of them to another boy1 who returned him #d2 three quarters of them to another boy1 who returned him #d2 he had #h left3 how many had he at first8 #de ,what two letters of the alphabet will express the name of a river in one of the ,southern ,states8 #df ,what letter of the alphabet expresses the joining together of two ,states8 #dg ,what word is that of five letters1 which1 if the two first letters are taken away1 leaves only one8 ,illustration3 ,,labyrinth ,,no4 #a4 ,this ,labyrinth may be entered by any of the openings in the margin3 the puzzle is1 to trace a way to the center without crossing any of the lines4 ,,charades4 ,illustration #a ,my first is the name of a fowl1 ,an emblem of modesty known2 ,my second has coloring power1 ,and grows 'neath a tropical sun4 ,my third is a mourning array1 ,that's worn in an ,orient clime1 ,and reminds of those regions of day ,beyond the confines of time4 ,my fourth in the spring-time is gay1 ,and comes with the note of the bird2 ,in autumn1 leaves forest and spray1 ,and goes when no music is heard4 ,my fifth takes the place of my fourth1 ,when leaves are in autumn time sere2 ,but when winter comes on1 with its dearth1 ,this too will in turn disappear4 ,my sixth is a fruit of one zone1 ,and name of a prince who sped ,in triumph to ,england's proud throne1 ,in place of a king who had fled4 ,my seventh's in the meteor's blaze ,that lights up the star-spangled sky1 ,and glows in the twilight's maze1 ,and the clouds in their golden dye4 ,my whole in beauty far outvies ,the richest robe a prince e'er wore1 ,a signet gleaming in the skies1 ,a covenant for evermore4 #b ,my first oft preys upon my second2 ,my whole a bitter shrub is reckoned4 #c ,my first and last are just the same1 ,and would you know my second1 ',mong children's first abbreviates ,you'll oftenest find it reckoned4 ,my first and last are always seen1 ,a common preposition1 ,and here methinks they love to meet ,for tasteful coalition4 ,my second1 infants spell the word1 ,ere they can lisp another2 ',tis name of one still dearer far ,than sister or than brother4 ,my whole1 a luscious1 pulpy fruit1 ,in garden oft found growing1 ,is either with a yellow dress1 ,or richest red robe glowing4 ',tis in its prime1 when wheat and rye ,are ripening for the sickle1 ,and ready then for present use1 ,or yet to dry and pickle4 ,few fruits in our cold northern clime1 ,than this is more inviting2 ,you surely know its name1 even while ,its praises ,i'm reciting4 ,illustration #d ,my first is the chief of delights ,that boys from their cradles desire2 ,its shrill crack more musical far ,to them than ,apollo's sweet lyre1 ,except when applied with masterly art1 ,to root out the evil that lurks in the heart4 ,my second the ,bible commends ,to the rich1 the wise1 and the great1 ,with eloquence pleadeth their cause1 ,and blesseth their lowly estate2 ,they are ever with us1 without search are found1 ,the more we give to them1 the more we abound4 ,when the rich man lies down in the grave1 ,he takes not his riches away1 ,and anxious expectants cluster around1 ,to hear what my third has to say3 ,its mandate is law1 and if it sore pinches ,the fawning false friend1 then vainly he flinches4 ,my whole is a sombre brown bird1 ,that sadly each night trills his lay2 ,and each passer-by stops to hear ,what this bird of eve has to say4 ,as ever he sings the same plaintive song1 ,who that has e'er heard him will guess on this long8 #e ,my first1 although not giving grace ,to ev'ry living creature1 ,is yet upon the human face1 ,a most important feature4 ,on some it has a classic mien1 ,fair ,grecian or bold ,roman2 ,on some 'tis flat1 on some ,i ween ',twould answer for a gnomon6 ,the water fowl which swims the pond1 ,or bathes in ocean briny1 ,the dove that coos her ditty fond1 ,my first doth have1 yet tiny4 ,my second is a vowel plain2 ,my third an exclamation1 ,upon the music scale again ,it holdeth goodly station4 ,my whole1 ah1 look in yonder sky1 ,and you will see it gleaming1 ,less clear1 perchance1 because more shy1 ,than stars so brilliant beaming4 ,the telescope will make how bright ,its timid1 shrinking beauties6 ,and bring to mortal ken1 the light ,of its revolving duties4 #f ,awake1 idle sleeper4 ,up6 up6 and arise1 ,already my first hath made vocal the skies4 ,arouse thee6 arouse thee6 mount horse1 and away2 ,for long is the journey before thee to-day4 ,forget not my second1 when weary thy steed1 ,by that shalt thou urge on his lingering speed ,for many a forest and ford must be passed1 ,before thou shalt reach thine own cottage1 at last4 ,and ere though thine own cottage garden thou'lt tread1 ,the dews of the night on my whole shall be shed1 ,on my beautiful whole1 yet less blue and less bright1 ,than the eyes which will meet thee with glistening delight4 #g ,my first in kingdoms you will find ,where sovereigns great have reign2 ,my second on the ,atlantic see1 ,when brave hearts cross the main4 ,my whole1 an ally strong and bold ,of a ,united ,state1 ,if on the map you think to find1 ,some time you'll have to wait4 ,illustration #h ,when night-winds whistle o'er the plain1 ,and howls the storm in many a burst1 ,how cheering to the way-worn swain ,to seek the shelter of my first6 ,with cunning shining in his face1 ,from eyes so watchful1 keen1 and dark1 ,the scion of a remnant race-- ,my artful second you may mark4 ,my third in bearded front arrayed1 ,with ,autumn's golden stores is found2 ,yet torn1 and bruised1 and lowly laid1 ,its head must rest upon the ground4 ,my whole you always must forgive1 ,as you expect to be forgiven2 ,nor must it in your memory live1 ,though multiplied to seven times seven4 #i ,i stand on my first1 on my second ,i sit1 ,on my whole ,i do either just as ,i think fit4 #aj ,first4 ,mantling the ruined wall ,with my green1 yielding pall2 ,you know me well4 ,covering the river's brink1 ',neath your soft tread ,i sink4 ,my name pray tell4 ,second4 ,fairest of earthly flowers1 ,queen of your garden bowers1 ,flora's delight1 ,twined o'er the cottage door1 ,my showers of incense pour ,on the still nights4 ,whole4 ,see1 when the blushing bride ,casts her rich vail aside1 ,i'm nestled there1 ,near some soft1 waving tress1 ,or on her bridal dress1 ,shining so fair4 ,oft on the mourner's tomb ,drooping and sad ,i bloom1 ,token of love ,left by the orphaned child1 ,calling in accents wild ,for those above4 #aa ,my first is a short sleep4 ,my second is a relation4 ,my whole is an article in daily use4 ,illustration #ab ,my first belongs1 in pairs1 to man and beast1 ,and of the gifts of harvest not the least2 ,the treasures of my next no boy of feeling ,will e'er disgrace his heart or name by stealing2 ,my first and third the time1 my whole the way1 ,to undertake the duties of each day4 #ac ,my first is a body of water4 ,my second is a fish4 ,my third is a preposition4 ,my fourth is a name for the head4 ,my whole was a bone of contention4 #ad ,did'st ever go to singing-school1 ,and hear the master try ,to sound the notes upon the scale1 ,from lowest to most high8 ,then have you heard my first1 the best1 ,fall sweetly on your ear1 ',tis strange that with such company ,my second should appear4 ,my second ne'er in gentle mood1 ,is full of ire and hate1 ,oh1 let none who shall glance this o'er1 ,be found in such a state4 ',tis only for the lunatic1 ,bereft of reason's light1 ,thus to profane his nature by ,so sorrowful a sight4 ,my whole is an illusion vain1 ,yet perfect as untrue2 ,it doth the real object seem1 ,but double on the view4 ,by its strange spell the water seems ,as if 'twere hung in air1 ,the desert traveler knows full well ,its vision false as fair4 #ae ,my first is one1 'tis even you1 ,my whole by many have been reckoned1 ,but only ,he who numbers all ,can ever rightly count my second4 #af ,my first is an article in daily use4 ,my second spells the twentieth letter of the alphabet4 ,my third1 if you prefix the letters1 will name a declivity4 ,my whole is an animal4 ,illustration #ag ,my first is a part of the human face4 ,my second is an unpleasant sensation4 ,my third is an article4 ,my whole is a small animal4 #ah ,my first is found in every bog1 ,in every pool and pond1 ,without me not a single frog ,or toad could e'er be found4 ,my next is always to be found ,wherever men exist2 ,i build their houses1 plow their ground1 ,and help them to subsist4 ,with dread the superstitious soul ,will speculate upon my whole4 #ai ,entire1 ,i'm water1 earth1 or air1 ,i'm food1 or clothes1 or light1 ,always provided1 lady fair1 ,that these are used aright4 ,and though in fifty things ,i stay1 ,this you will surely find1 ,come in whatever form ,i may1 ,i benefit mankind4 ,two syllables ,i do possess1 ,but what is very droll1 ,although a part my second is1 ,my first one is the whole4 #bj ,my first is always on a par ,with every earthly thing2 ,with reptile1 brute1 bird1 fish1 and man1 ,with beggar1 priest1 and king4 ,my second is a title-- ,a foreign one1 'tis true-- ,but none the less familiar ,to every one of you4 ,my whole--a glorious revenge6 ,and ,heaven's kindest boon3 ,i dare not tell you plainer1 lest ,you find me out too soon4 #ba ,my first is what young ladies aim at in their movements1 and what ,christians pray for4 ,my second is what in winter we see little of1 and what no young man likes to be considered4 ,my third is what every woman should be before she is won1 and what we should be badly off without during this cold weather4 ,my whole is the name of an authoress1 highly popular with both old and young4 ,illustration #bb ,my first1 from the frozen ,north comes down ,in snowy mantle dressed2 ,and the smiling earth grows bare and brown1 ,where'er his steps have pressed1 ,the flowers close up each sparkling eye1 ,and hide in the earth till he passes by4 ,but when bleak winds and frosts are gone1 ',mid ,april's smiles and tears1 ,my second's hue the earth puts on1 ,and summer beauty wears2 ,and tuneful birds and opening flowers ,invite you to the forest bowers4 ,on moss-grown banks1 half hidden there1 ,my whole may oft be seen2 ,my fragrant leaves perfume the air1 ,and shine in emerald green2 ,and there my crimson berry glows1 ,ripened beneath ,new ,england snows4 #bc ,my first4 ,the boy who1 trusting in his father's word1 ,sprang from the towering mast to meet the wave1 ,possessed in me the pledge that risk incurred1 ,was equaled by that father's power to save4 ,my second4 ,the nation scourged1 dispersed through every land1 ,for many ages1 wanderers without home1 ,in me waits patiently the guiding hand ,will lead its pilgrims back no more to roam4 ,my third4 ,the mother standing at the judgment seat1 ,when wisdom's voice to death her babe did give1 ,resigned to me her claim--willing to meet ,her loss1 so that her precious child might live4 ,through me the tongue of slander lulls its voice1 ,through me the poor have full provision given2 ,i lift the fallen one1 bid hearts rejoice2 ,i bid the poor of earth seek wealth in heaven4 ,my whole4 ,a jeweled diadem of priceless worth1 ,i quench the luster of all crowns on earth4 #bd ,my first in gardens oft is seen1 ,and oft adorns the bride2 ,in early spring its leaves are green-- ,it is the maiden's pride4 ,my second thou repeatest ,full oft in fireside games3 ,as sweet1 if not the sweetest1 ,of all familiar names4 ,a flow'ring shrub1 in a distant clime1 ,my whole in beauty grows2 ,it grew by the sea in olden time1 ,and thus its name arose4 #be ,awake1 my first1 with thy inspiring tone1 ,behold an instrument joy calls his own1 ,and with responsive foot1 on dewy meads1 ,the sylvan dance of fawn and wood nymph leads4 ,my next adorns the noble ,latin tongue1 ,whose numbers flow sonorous1 smooth1 and strong2 ,there1 should you fail to find the word1 perchance ',twill greet you in the livelier tones of ,france4 ,my whole1 a fragrant flower--'tis not for me ,to eulogize its grace and modesty2 ,full oft the poet's reed hath breathed its fame1 ,in loftier measures--can'st thou tell its name8 ,illustration #bf ,in stillness of midnight1 the cry of my first ,on ear of the sleeper affrighted will burst2 ,the bells peal their loudest each moment of time1 ,as if life depended on even one chime4 ,oh1 then is my first in his terror arrayed1 ,when anger burns fiercely1 he may not be stayed4 ,again round the hearth-stone are happy hearts met1 ,from gray-headed sire to the lisping young pet4 ,the flame doth grow warmer1 and brighter the light2 ,how cheering it maketh the winter's cold night6 ,so changeth my first1 as the hawk to the dove1 ,his aspect is here one of comfort and love4 ,my second1 bound neither to inland or coast1 ,is one 'mong the many1 a numberless host2 ,full transient his being2 he cometh in spring1 ,and chill winds of autumn his requiem sing4 ,though said to be useful1 ,i frankly confess1 ,my wish has been often his music were less4 ,though peaceful his temper1 ,i can not deny ,that rarely by nature he's suffered to die4 ,a foe doth he find in the duster and brush1 ,e'en flowerets allure1 his existence to crush2 ,like warfare with bodkin ,domitian begun1 ,hence gathering much of the fame which he won4 ,my whole doth love best to be out in the night1 ,and flatters himself on his furnishing light2 ,dear ,luna is nothing of comfort to him1 ,for brighter his glory when hers is most dim4 ,two lamps he doth carry1 and brilliant they are1 ,as beams which were stolen from eye of a star4 ,his joy is to frisk from the sunset to dawn2 ,when morn comes1 the pride of his beauty is gone6 ,in tropical climates he oft'nest doth dwell1 ,he lighteth the savage--hast never heard tell8 ',tis growing quite dark2 oh1 ,i wish he were nigh2 ,perchance he would give me his lamps to see by4 #bg ,my first is equality1 my second inferiority1 and my whole superiority4 #bh ,i am composed of nine letters4 ,my first is a name appropriated to a certain class of foreigners4 ,it is also a nickname4 ,my second is an article4 ,my third implies motion4 ,my fourth in sound implies proximity4 ,my fifth is a vowel4 ,my whole is a part of the ,western hemisphere4 #bi ,when round the weary traveler ,the stormy evening closes1 ,when tangled wood or swelling stream ,his toilsome way opposes2 ,if through the trees his eager steps ,to rest and warmth are beckoned1 ,how gladly will he hail my first1 ,that leads him to my second6 ,when from some hill's commanding brow ,the gloomy prospect viewing1 ,he hears the distant ocean rage1 ,waves1 frightened waves pursuing1 ,how gladly turns he to my whole1 ,in watch serene abiding1 ,and fears no more to think of those ,who trust my faithful guiding4 #cj ,till winter takes his stormy seat1 ,in fragrant meads and gardens sweet ,evolves my viscid first2 ,when stilly night1 with fleecy cloud ,flings round the earth a darksome shroud1 ,my second often beams2-- ,o would you each enjoy my whole1 ,and have true bliss pervade your soul ,and from your eyes outburst-- ,some loving one make haste to find1 ,let ,hymen close your spirits bind1 ,and learn just how it seems6 ,illustration #ca ,my first is a timid and gentle creature1 ,restless and bright her glancing eye1 ,quick to discern the approach of danger1 ,swift from her covert to spring and fly4 ,oft in the cool of the dewy morning1 ,startled amid her calm retreat1 ,she heareth the shrill-toned sound of warning1 ,and bounds away on frantic feet1 ,while close her fierce pursuers follow1 ,through brush and brake1 o'er hill and hollow4 ,my second telleth of holy seasons1 ,and calleth the multitude to prayers2 ,on festivals speaketh right joyously1 ,when all a face of gladness wears2 ,having at times1 too1 a voice of sorrow1 ,speaking in deep and solemn tone1 ,telling how faithless is false to-morrow1 ,to those who weep for the dear ones gone2 ,yet feeling itself nor grief nor gladness1 ,responsive ever to mirth or sadness4 ,my whole is a beautiful1 modest flower1 ,shaking its bells to the summer wind1 ,peeping out coyly from lonely places1 ,which footsteps of children love to find1 ,dreaming they hear in the purple blossoms ,fairy-like tones of the olden time3 ,fondly thinking the sweet bells are ringing1 ,with a soft1 low1 musical chime1 ,their golden curls and innocent bosoms1 ,they fill with the graceful1 drooping blossoms4 ,illustration #cb ,my first is seen in all its pride ,on summer nights when bright and clear1 ,o'er hill and dale ,i beauty throw2 ,night owes me much throughout the year2 ,some say my whole no substance has1 ,however plain it may appear2 ,i shall not give you further clue1 ,no need to one as smart as you2 ,enough1 my whole is written here4 ,illustration3 ,,labyrinth ,,no4 #b4 ,this ,labyrinth must be entered at the front gate1 and a way traced to the centre 7,a71 without climbing the walls4 ,,riddles4 #a ,i have three feet1 dear friends1 ,and you must know3 ,i've sixteen nails1 ,but not a single toe6 #b ,i am originally a descendant of rags1 but1 in spite of my mean origin1 ,i boast one of the most numerous families in the world4 ,i wear the countenance of a man1 varying in complexion from crimson to azure2 and twice two stars are my companions4 ,but1 although of such dignity1 besides having my face disfigured1 ,i am continually spit upon1 and trodden under foot by all mankind1 who seem to value me only for my good looks--without them1 ,i am despised4 ,i am diminutive in size1 and my days are few1 but ,i am well known1 and constantly sought after4 #c ,who are we8 ,when in the morning you rise ,we let the sunshine down into your eyes4 ,then we go playing before you all day1 ,dark things we brighten1 and soften the gay4 ,oh6 we make half the world's beauty for you4 ,little blue-eyed one1 who are we8 guess who8 ,who are we8 ,when the night shadows grow deep1 ,we draw around you the curtains of sleep4 ,when into dream-land we've locked you up tight1 ,until the morn brings her bright keys of light1 ,guess who like sentinels guarding you lie1-- ,look--we're before you now--black and gray eye4 #d ,i am born of a moment1 as every one knows1 ,and rival the tints of the loveliest rose2 ,there are many who think me the offspring of shame1 ,but ,i'm oftener found in sweet modesty's train2 ,e'en poets have made me the theme of their muse1 ,and painters have studied my delicate hues3 ,yet1 would you believe it6 ,i cause much vexation ,to those who possess me1 and some irritation2 ,for ,i've often betrayed what they would have concealed1 ,and some of their most-cherished secrets revealed3 ,so be truthful1 dear girls1 or in spite of your tact1 ,i'll fly in your faces and tell the whole fact4 #e ,of metal ,i can make a heart2 ,i put a stop to ease2 ,and with a tradesman ,i can talk ,as glibly as you please4 ,with a building in ,new ,york ,i'll make ,a covering for your head2 ,and with the rust upon your knife ,i'll make a piece of bread4 ,i'll make a prison with old time1 ,and with a measure1 too3 ,now1 ,cousins all1 say what ,i am1 ,for ,i belong to you4 #f ,i was pure1 unsullied1 white as snow1 ,but a little while ago1 ,when1 by a tremendous squeeze1 ,i was spotted as you please4 ,now1 if you but look at me1 ,something funny you will see1 ,that ,i am striped1 spotted1 white1 ,yet that ,i am red to-night4 ,illustration #g ,in ,eden first1 nigh the forbidden tree1 ,found ,i my germ1 as man his destiny2 ,down in the depths of hell ,i had my birth2 ,i tortures there invented spread o'er ,earth4 ,the man who strives for ,fame's approving nod1 ,i strike him on the face1 he lies a clod4 ,i walk the public halls1 and cheeks turn pale2 ,the speaker hears me1 and his heart doth fail4 ,the young debutant on histrionic boards ,hath grace or ruin as my mood accords4 ,when two great powers 7both vital friends of man ,and both his enemies7 in battle stand1 ,when over1 under in their rage they roll2 ,nor ever cease the fight1 without control ,then am ,i found1 and in the expiring sigh ,the vanquished wrestler utters1 then ,i die4 #h ,i am always seen in sugar1 ,and always seen in salt4 ,i am never seen in hops or beer1 ,but always seen in malt4 ,i'm never seen when it is light1 ,yet1 strange1 ,i'm seen in day4 ,if you will look right sharp1 ,i'm sure ,you will find me when you stray4 ,i am never seen in coffee1 ,but always seen in tea4 ,i'm never found with mother1 ,with father ,i must be4 ,i'm always found with any thing1 ,yet1 strange as it may seem1 ,i'm never found in buttermilk1 ,but always found in cream4 ,i'm never found in good or sweet1 ,and never in your mind1 ,if you will study this right close1 ,my name you'll surely find4 #i ,what force or strength can not get through1 ,i with a gentle touch can do2 ,and many in the street would stand1 ,were ,i not as a friend at hand4 ,illustration #aj ,there is a certain natural production neither animal1 vegetable1 nor mineral4 ,it generally exists from two to six feet above the surface of the earth4 ,it has neither length1 breadth1 nor substance4 ,it is neither male nor female1 but commonly exists between both4 ,it is often spoken of in the ,old ,testament1 and strongly recommended in the ,new2 and serves equally the purposes of treachery and fidelity4 #aa ,i am a word in very common use4 ,you will find me more than once upon almost or quite every page1 whether a monosyllable1 or dissyllable1 or a polysyllable is to be found out2 but this much is told3 my first and last letter is the same2 and my first three and my last three spell the same word4 ,a useful article this of personal decoration4 ,my interior is remarkable4 ,viewed one way1 you laugh2 viewed another1 you sigh4 ,i am an etymological stumble1 and a novice hardly ever knows where to find me4 ,to a ,frenchman and a ,german ,i am an abhorrence4 ,they never learn me so as even to call my name4 #ab ,in vain you struggle to regain me1 ,when lost1 you never can obtain me2 ,and yet1 what's odd1 you sigh and fret1 ,deplore my loss1 and have me yet4 ,and often using me quite ill1 ,and seeking ways your slave to kill-- ,then promising in future you ,will give to me the homage due4 ,thus we go on from year to year2 ,my name pray let the party hear4 #ac ,i'm swift as a shadow2 ,i'm slow as a snail2 ,i fly like the storm-cloud impelled by the gale2 ,i sail with the mariner o'er the wide sea1 ,and traverse the shore with the bird and the bee4 ,i travel by day1 and ,i travel by night1 ,and rarely from mortals ,i pass out of sight4 ,i dwell in the palace of nobles and kings1 ,but scorn not the cot where the poor mother sings2 ,but though ,i abide with the lowliest poor1 ,i ne'er have been turned from the rich man's door4 ,i'm seen in the moon1 when it waxes and wanes1 ,in the sun1 too1 at times when nature complains4 ,i'm courted much under shady bowers1 ,and welcomed at midnight or noonday hours4 ,i fly round the world each passing day1 ,and yet ,i'm as idle as a boy at play2 ,nor do ,i repose at the set of the sun1 ,but wing my way by the light of the moon4 ,by day and by night ,i enter the door ,of high and of low1 of rich and of poor2 ,and yet with a step so noiseless ,i come1 ,i'm not an intruder abroad or at home4 ,all deeds of darkness ,i ever eschew1 ,though many such deeds ,i am forced to view ,and now1 since so often my features are seen1 ,unless you can guess me1 you surely are green4 ,illustration #ad ,i was born in the fields2 taken from thence at an early age1 ,i was made to assume my present form1 and sold as a slave into the family of a wealthy merchant4 ,while ,i was young1 and comely1 my life was comparatively easy2 the modest ,lucy would take me by the hand1 and with her ,i would roam over the richly-carpeted mansion2 and many a service ,i have rendered her4 ,one morning1 quite early1 before the rest of the family were up1 ,lucy was standing by the window2 ,i was leaning against her shoulder1 when she uttered a slight scream4 ,i jumped1 and came near falling1 but she caught hold of me1 and pointing towards the window1 showed me the cause of her terror4 ,one well-aimed blow of mine felled the intruder to the earth1 and the footman coming in just then1 gave him the finishing touch4 ,but1 alas6 my days of pleasant servitude were drawing near a close4 ,lucy became dissatisfied with me1 and in a fit of pique1 handed me over to the cook1 by whom ,i was hustled hither and thither1 wherever her fancy dictated4 ,she was a careless woman1 and one day1 while ,i was doing all ,i could to serve her1 she actually pushed me into the fire6 ,snatching me out as quickly as possible1 she plunged me into a bucket of cold water2 but ,i was disfigured and crippled for life1 and disabled from further service4 ,the cook at length declared she would no longer give me house-room1 and one bitter cold night1 turned me out into the street1 without a stitch of clothing4 ,i have never murmured when called upon to work2 yet here ,i lie1 neglected1 unheeded1 and uncared for4 ,but why should ,i complain8 am ,i the only one shunned and forsaken1 when no longer able to minister to the wants or pleasures of the world8 ,illustration #ae ,among the snakes1 ,i reck of one1 ,not born of earthly breed1 ,and with this serpent vieth none1 ,in terror or in speed4 ,it darts upon its helpless prey ,with roar both loud and high2 ,in one destruction borne away1 ,rider and steed must die4 ,in highest place it loves to bide1 ,no door may bar its path1 ,and scaly armor's iron pride ,will but attract its wrath4 ,the firmest earth it plows amain1 ,how tough soe'er it be-- ,as brittle reeds are snapt in twain ',twill rend the mightiest tree4 ,yet hath this monster1 grim and fierce1 ,ne'er twice with prey been fed1 ,but once its fiery tooth can pierce-- ,it slayeth--and is dead4 ,,rebuses4 #a ,a letter prefix to the tyrant's delight1 ,you'll see a kind friend on a cold winter's night4 #b ,my first may be divided into three parts4 ,it may belong to one of the senses2 it may be almost a lake2 or it may represent #ajj4 ,my second may likewise be divided into three parts4 ,it may have something to do with myself2 it may be a part of myself2 or it may represent #a4 ,my third may be divided into two parts4 ,it may be either a river1 or represent #ejj4 ,then #ajj1 #a1 and #ejj make the answer4 ,the whole was the title of one who surprised ,europe by the brilliancy of his military exploits4 #c ,a fragment1 an article of dress1 a noise1 an animal1 a fruit1 and a part of the body4 ,the initials of these spell my whole1 out of which ,i hope you will always keep4 #d ,find me a word which will express the name ,of feathered biped1 found both wild and tame3 ,then take away one letter1 and it will ,express the name of feathered biped still4 #e ,find me a word which shows us at a glance ,a foreign country1 farther off than ,france2 ,then take away one letter1 and it will ,express the name of a foreign country still4 ,illustration #f ,in an every-day word 7with but six letters in it7 ,you will find a few things which are worthy attention2 ,i will give you a clue1 and ,i think in a minute ,you'll not find it much trouble those few things to mention4 ,take four of the letters1 and if they're placed rightly1 ,they one drop of liquid will bring to your view2 ,cut off the last letter1 and then see what nightly ,is drank by the many1 and not by the few4 ,now mix up the letters1 and four more take out2 ,to make what all animals always possess4 ,many more ,i could name2 but ,i haven't a doubt ,you are ready this moment my riddle to guess4 ,so the name of the whole1 now1 is all ,i require-- ,it's what every woman should always have by her4 ,illustration #g ,entire ,i'm a useful quadruped2 remove my first1 and ,i become a species of grain2 replace my first1 and remove my last1 and ,i am a city famed for its inquisition4 #h ,how can you take something from nothing1 and leave a number8 #i ,entire ,i am very useful in machines2 take away my first letter1 and ,i am a part of the body2 take away my first and second1 and ,i am a species of snake4 #aj ,add to an article1 in every-day use1 a letter1 and it becomes another useful article2 with a third letter it becomes a girl's name1 and with a fourth letter another name2 with a fifth letter it becomes an historical record1 and with a sixth letter it is much the same thing1 only more so4 ,illustration #aa ,my first and my second are each like the other1 7,when transposed they have oft proved a curse27 ,my whole sounds most sweetly by sea or by river1 ,but at home it is quite the reverse4 #ab ,i am composed of five letters4 ,my first is the same as my last4 ,my second is the initial of the name of a very old gardener4 ,my third you will find in the centre of the largest city in ,america4 ,my fourth is the initial of the name of a man that ,king ,david used rather badly4 ,my fifth is the same as my first4 ,my whole is two monosyllables that publishers often say to their subscribers1 and like to have them respond to4 #ac ,prefix a letter to a ,christian name1 ',twill spell an attribute that few would claim4 ,illustration #ad ,entire1 ,i am a reptile4 ,behead me1 and ,i become an article much used by carpenters4 ,take away another letter1 and ,i shall not be well4 #ae ,a part of the hand you transpose right1 ,you'll find it's what you use at night4 #af ,entire ,i am a vegetable4 ,cut off my tail1 and ,i am a small insect4 ,put on my tail1 and take away my third letter1 and ,i am what gamblers often do4 #ag ,forwards1 backwards1 read my name1 ,in sound and meaning ,i'm the same4 ,infants1 on their mother's knee1 ,often smile at sight of me4 ,add a letter1 strange1 but true1 ,a man ,i then appear in view4 #ah ,what eight words of four letters will resolve themselves into four different words each8 #ai ,i am the name of something felt1 but never seen4 ,take away my third letter1 and you have an utensil much used in pastry-cooking4 ,reverse it1 and you have something quite refreshing on summer afternoons4 ,take away my second1 and you have a very important article in a lady's toilet4 ,take away my first and third1 and you have a rather indefinite article4 #bj ,the name of a great city in ,europe4 ,transpose1 ,i am an adjective of the comparative degree4 ,cut off my last two letters1 and reverse1 ,i am a preposition4 ,drop my first two letters1 ,i am a pronoun4 ,leave out my second letter1 and transpose1 ,i am a ,french word signifying sea4 ,drop the first and last two letters1 ,i am an interjection4 ,drop my third letter and transpose1 ,i am unrefined metal4 #ba ,entire ,i am polite4 ,my fifth multiplied by the sum of my second and fourth1 produces my first4 ,my second and third multiplied by my fifth1 is twice my first4 #bb ,it is a compound word1 and belongs to the mineral1 and sometimes vegetable kingdom4 ,the whole word is used to contain the first4 ,there are six letters in the first1 and two vowels4 ,the last word spelled backward1 is a toy that boys play with4 ,the first two letters of the last word is the name of a river in ,europe4 ,the first word spelled differently1 but pronounced the same1 is a substance of which an important article of food is made4 ,illustration #bc ,entire ,i am a bird4 ,take away my last two1 and ,i am a bird4 ,behead me and cut off my tail1 and ,i signify perpetuity4 ,cut off my first two1 and ,i am an exclamation6 #bd ,complete1 ,i form a rapid view2 ,behead--a weapon next appears2 ,behead again--transpose--and lo6 ,i now excite the truant's fears4 ',tis something strange1 and though there be ,three letters left1 but one you see4 #be ,what city is there1 whose name1 if transposed1 will give you a name considered very disgraceful in the time of the revolutionary war2 transposed again1 you have a term applied to one not very proficient4 ,illustration #bf ,a nice place to stroll in when evenings are fair1 ,my letters will make1 if arranged with due care2 ,but when they're transposed--,oh6 pray1 be discreet1 ,nor be reckless in daring my presence to meet4 #bg ,i am a proper name of two syllables4 ,my first syllable is a place where wild beasts may often be found4 ,my first syllable backward is a boy's nickname4 ,my second syllable backward is the worst thing in the world4 #bh ,i am but small1 yet when entire1 ,enough to set the world on fire4 ,leave out a letter1 and 'tis clear ,i can maintain a herd of deer4 ,leave out another1 and you'll find ,i once have saved all human kind4 #bi ,in full dress1 ,i am considered finished2 take off my cap1 and ,i am a number2 put on my cap and take off my shoes1 and ,i am a title4 #cj ,i'm seven letters2 and ,i name ,a man1 who does high office claim4 ,decapitate me1 and ,i still ,survive1 you'll find1 a tale to tell2 ,again behead1 ,i tell of gladness2 ,again--,i oft am cause of sadness2 ,once more1 and still ,i live to say ,what you1 no doubt1 did yesterday2 ,beheaded yet once more1 ,i name ,yourself1 in tongue of classic fame2 ,at last1 of all but one bereft1 ,that one a ,latin word is left4 #ca ,without me man is incomplete1 ,a friend ,i am to you2 ,but for my aid ,i'm very sure ,that little work you'd do4 ,but if to what ,i now possess1 ,one letter you should add1 ,you'll see what mischief ,i can do ,whene'er my master's mad4 ,and now if you to me should add ,another letter still1 ',twill show what pretty ladies oft ,can do with me at will4 #cb ,i am something which fishermen use4 ,behead me1 and ,i become food for horses4 ,put on my head and cut off my tail1 and ,i am a large serpent4 #cc ,entire1 ,i am one drop of liquid2 behead me1 and ,i become a part of the human frame2 put on my head and cut off my tail1 and ,i am a plant4 ,illustration #cd ,my whole is what animals always will be ,when tamed by the power of man2 ,transpose me1 and then with the farmer ,i'll be1 ,when plowing the field with his span4 ,again if transposed1 on the table ,i'm placed1 ,when at supper he goes home at night2 ,and 7if he is married7 transpose me again1 ,i'm sitting1 perhaps1 on his right4 #ce ,i am a pronominal adjective2 behead me and ,i am personal pronoun2 again behead me and ,i am a verb4 #cf ,three letters there are which may be so arranged1 ,that three things they can spell you with care1 ,a nickname quite common1--what all things must have1-- ,and the home of the lion or bear4 #cg ,my whole is a name that belongs to some men1 ,and is short1 if 'tis not very sweet2 ,transpose me1 and now on the fair sex ,i'm seen1 ,when they're taking a walk in the street4 ,transpose me again1 and a verb ,i become1 ,which boys must all do to be men2 ,a third time transpose me1 ah6 shun me1 and run1 ,for wretched and sinful ,i'm then4 #ch ,pray1 discover a part of the human frame1 ,which divided1 another will make1 ,a member1 whose function is also made known1 ,if the letters you rightly shall take3 ,again1 it will show what another one does1 ,and that which is made by a third1 ,but each of these members return to my whole1 7,when transposed71 which no doubt you have heard4 #ci ,unbroken ,i am a term sometimes applied to the atmosphere2 remove my first1 and ,i am a king famed in tragedy2 remove my first and second1 ,i am a part of the human body2 remove my first1 second1 and third1 and ,i am a city mentioned in the ,bible2 remove my first and last1 and ,i am an inclosure4 #dj ,entire ,i'm false as false can be1 ,and every one should doubt me1 ,but without hat and wig1 you'll see1 ,there's nothing false about me4 ,illustration #da ,what preposition by prefixing a letter is what we do every day2 by prefixing another1 is what we have in summer2 by prefixing yet another1 is a kind of grain8 #db ,my whole is in cottage1 and palace1 and hall1 ,and is constantly used by the great and the small1 ,beheaded1 it still is attached to a head1 ,and of various colors1 black1 brown1 white1 or red4 ,behead it again1 and all heads would lie low1 ,if deprived of its aid1 as you probably know4 #dc ,one1 two1 three1 four1 are all the same in sound1 ,whatever difference in their sense is found2 ,my number one was once performed1 you'll say1 ,for some you honor1 on a joyful day4 ,for number two each claims that he contends1 ,who fights another1 or himself defends4 ,my number three is something ,i can do1 ,and hope the same may be affirmed of you4 ,a man of handicraft is number four4 ,now1 if you know them all1 ,i'll say no more4 #dd ,entire ,i often cause great pain2 beheaded ,i am boisterous2 curtailed you see a heathen deity2 transposed ,i describe a course4 ,illustration #de ,what wicked deed is that which1 read backward1 gives what is generally the cause of it8 #df ,to a place where the living did all once reside1 ,add fifty--be sure that 'tis on the right side2 ,you will then see a name which you'll find to belong ,to a songster that's famed for melodious song4 #dg ,what two consonants and one vowel can be so arranged as to spell the name of an animal1 a name applied to a particular class of men1 and a word expressing human ability8 #dh ,entire1 ,i'm considered rude by some1 ,behead me1 and a weed ,i then become1 ,exchange my head1 and then there will be seen ,an animal that boundeth on the green4 ,again1 if of my head ,i am bereft1 ,a verb is all that you'll discover left2 ,transpose me now1 an organ ,i shall be1 ,that very oft in churches you may see4 ,illustration #di ,i am found on the deep where the gallant ship sails1 ,transpose me1 ,i'm perhaps in the hold2 ,transpose me again1 with the cargo ,i'm placed1 ',mongst the goods which the artist has sold4 ,now change me again1 ,and the ,bible will say ,how ,i guided the mariner ,safe on his way4 #ej ,i am a word of evil import4 ,without my hat ,i am almost as bad2 place my wig at my feet1 ,i am no better2 my last two letters make me slightly ill1 and with my second1 fourth1 and fifth letters transposed1 ,i am utterly false4 #ea ,a strong desire to gain my whole ,has many a politician made1 ,more than a yearning in the soul1 ,with love of country1 ,i'm afraid2 ,one letter less1 and now on me ,the ladies cast their longing eyes1 ,hundreds of dollars1 recklessly1 ,are spent for me1 which is not wise4 ,of one more letter now bereft1 7',tis no more strange than true71 ,you'll find exactly one is left1 ,yet1 'tis three fifths of two4 #eb ,when spelled with four letters1 ,i'm solemn1 'tis true2 ,but spell me in five1 and you'll know what ,i do4 ,even change two of these1 and no wrong you will find1 ,and in six1 ,i'll build wagon or house to your mind4 #ec ,curtail me once1 ,i am a youth2 ,behead me once1 a snake2 ,complete ,i'm often used in truth ,when certain steps you take4 #ed ,four letters1 just1 compose my name1 ,read forward1 backward1 both the same ,will readily appear2 ,a ,prophetess1 ,i stand confess'd1 ,who once the ,mediator bless'd1 ,with reverential fear4 #ee ,a bird and a sheep1 and a yard and a quarter1 ,an organ of very great use1 ,i am sure1 ,and the very beginning of literature1 ,are the name of many a gentleman's daughter4 ,illustration #ef ,ah6 wo to him who feels my power6 ,a grasping1 clutching thing am ,i1 ,and many1 in some evil hour1 ,have1 by my means1 been called to die4 ,remove my head1 and scarcely less ,will be the mischief that ,i make2 ,beware of both1 for ,i confess ,that either will insure an ache4 #eg ,cut off my head and singular ,i am2 ,cut off my tail and plural ,i appear2 ,cut off both head and tail1 and strange to say1 ,although my middle's left1 there's nothing there6 ,what is my head cut off8 ,a sounding sea4 ,what is my tail cut off8 ,a roaring river1 ,beneath whose placid waves ,i peaceful play1 ,the parent of soft sounds1 though mute forever4 ,illustration #eh ,it is a compound word1 calling to mind social pleasures4 ,the subject of a pretty ,scotch song1 and the place in the family most missed by the absent4 ,the first four letters form the name of a cruel master4 ,take my second1 third1 and fourth1 and it is a wicked passion4 ,the last four letters form a part of the animal body4 ,put the fifth letter after the last three1 and you will see a term used among the ancient ,romans in regard to time4 ,transpose the first four1 and it means prevailing4 ,transpose the last three1 and1 as a noun1 it is anxiously watched by the gambler2 and1 as a verb1 puts an end to earthly joys and sorrows4 ,remove the third letter1 and the first1 second1 and fourth is an exclamation4 #ei ,i am something very beautiful1 which you can look at1 but never touch3 spell me backward1 and ,i do a great deal of mischief4 #fj ,entire ,i am a pronoun in the second person4 ,take away my first letter1 and ,i am a pronoun still1 but in the first person2 put on my first1 and take away my last letter1 and ,i am again a pronoun in the second person4 ,,enigmas ,illustration #a ,,astronomical ,,enigma4 ,i am composed of twenty letters4 ,my #a1 #b1 #f1 #g1 is a star in the constellation ,cetus4 ,my #f1 #ae1 #aj1 #ab1 #c1 is one of the signs of the ,zodiac4 ,my #aa1 #f1 #h1 #d1 is a star in ,argo ,navio4 ,my #f1 #bj1 #ac1 #ai1 #aa1 #f1 is a star in ,gemina4 ,my #a1 #f1 #g1 #af1 #aj1 #e1 is a star in ,serpentarino4 ,my #a1 #ab1 #ae1 #f1 #ag1 #ah1 is a star in ,andromeda4 ,my #i1 #ad1 #h1 is one of the constellations4 ,my whole is the name of one who rendered ,astronomy no inconsiderable aid4 #b ,i am composed of #bd letters4 ,my #h1 #c1 #i1 #ba1 is an accumulation4 ,my #af1 #i1 #a1 #ad1 #bc1 is a machine4 ,my #b1 #e1 #d1 #bb1 is a dear place4 ,my #f1 #e1 #e1 #ah1 #aa1 #ag1 #f1 is of the fowl species4 ,my #aj1 #g1 #i1 #a1 is a resting-place4 ,my #ba1 #ab1 #i1 #ac1 is a sort of turf4 ,my #ai1 #aa1 #ae1 #i1 #d1 is a vapor4 ,my #bj1 #c1 #ae1 #bd1 is a germinating article4 ,my whole is an old proverb4 #c ,i am composed of seventeen letters4 ,my #ad1 #c1 #aj1 is a weight4 ,my #f1 #aa1 #d1 #ac1 #ae1 is a place of abode4 ,my #b1 #af1 #h1 #ad1 is to stop4 ,my #ab1 #ae1 #aj1 #a1 is a part of an encampment4 ,my #e1 #g1 #ag1 #i1 is a product of the sea4 ,my whole is a part of the decalogue4 #d ,i am composed of ten letters4 ,my #a1 #b1 #g1 is an animal4 ,my #f1 #e1 #aj1 #g1 most birds have4 ,my #a1 #b1 #c1 #g1 is a vehicle4 ,my #d1 #h1 #f1 is a place where hogs are kept4 ,my #a1 #b1 #i1 #d1 #h1 #g1 is a kind of covering4 ,a class of mechanics expresses my whole4 #e ,i am composed of seven letters4 ,my #f1 #g1 #d1 was used in war4 ,my #f1 #d1 #e1 #b1 #c1 #a1 is a seat of war4 ,my #b1 #g1 #d1 #c1 is a useful animal4 ,my whole is loved by every true-hearted ,american4 ,illustration #f ,my #d1 #b1 #g1 #aj1 is a planet1 a chemical combination1 and a town4 ,my #bc1 #aj1 #a1 #ad1 #d1 #ba1 #af1 #ae1 was a witty ,french writer4 ,my #ag1 #af1 #h1 #ai1 #ah1 #a1 #f1 #ah1 #ab1 #bj1 #bc1 #g1 is a little watchman1 who always carries his lamp with him4 ,divine honors were paid by an ancient eastern nation to the #bb1 #a1 #c1 #aa4 ,my #aa1 #f1 #bc1 #ad1 is a title4 ,nature herself inspired the pencil of #i1 #ac1 #ba1 #b1 #e1 #ad1 #h1 #bj1 #d1 #d1 #bj1 #ad4 ,my #i1 #ba1 #bc1 #ad1 is a part of the inheritance of man4 ,my whole is a pleasant1 but rather profitless occupation1 which you can express in #bc letters4 ,illustration #g ,two boys1 one named #be1 #ac1 #bd1 #ai1 #ag1 #ae1 and the other #f1 #bj1 #ba1 #g1 #h1 #bg1 went to #bg1 #ad1 #ag their uncle #g---- one #ae1 #d1 #ac1 #f1 #ad1 #ai4 ,he had #f1 #ae1 #ba fine #bj1 #ba1 #c1 #e1 #ad1 #i1 but he forbid the #bb1 #h1 #ab1 #bg to #ai1 #d1 #bd1 #ag1 without his #a1 #ba1 #ac1 #i1 #ad1 #aa1 #f4 ,but master #f4 was a #a1 #h1 #c1 #ad1 #bb1 #ag1 #e1 #e and #ae1 #d1 #bb1 #bd boy1 but his brother #be4 was obedient to his uncle's #ae1 #d1 #bg1 #b1 #ad1 #i4 ,one #ab1 #aj1 #af1 master #f4 said to his brother1 8,let's #bg1 #h1 #ab1 #ab1 #bb1 #ad the #bj1 #ba1 #ai1 #i1 #ag1 #bg1 for we have a fine #a1 #b1 #aj1 #aa1 #a1 #ag4 ,uncle has gone to #f1 #ba1 #ae1 #ac40 8#aa1 #ba1 indeed10 answered #g1 #be1 #bg1 #f1 #ad1 #ai1 #be42 8#bj1 #ba1 #ae can you #ab1 #ba what you #i1 #ah1 #bf8 ,has not uncle forbid us to #ai1 #bc1 #ab1 #ag them80 ,but master #f4 did not #aj1 #f1 #f1 #ad1 #ac1 #bd to what his brother said4 ,he took #ba1 #ac1 #ag of the #bj1 #ba1 #c1 #e1 #ad1 #bg and #ai1 #ba1 #bd1 #ad--b1 #bc1 #g1 but was #f1 #b1 #c1 #ba1 #ae1 #aa and severely hurt1 and having disregarded his uncle's #a1 #ba1 #g1 #g1 #h1 #aa1 #bd1 #bg1 he #bb1 #ba1 #i1 #f his good opinion and #bb1 #aj1 #bf--bc1 #bb1 #bb for #f1 #b1 #ai1 #ad1 #ad weeks1 and during the #a1 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e1 #f1 #g1 #h1 #i1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab1 #ac1 #ad1 #ae1 #af1 #ag1 #ah1 #ai1 #bj1 #ba1 #bb1 #bc1 #bd1 #be1 #bf1 #bg4 ,illustration #h ,i am composed of #bb letters4 ,my #ad1 #af1 #aj1 #g1 was the founder of ,kentucky4 ,my #aa1 #ac1 #af1 #d1 #h1 #ai1 #a1 is the ,empire ,state of the ,south4 ,my #ah1 #c1 #g1 #f1 #ab1 the cause of the late panic4 ,my #a1 #ae1 #ag1 #f1 #d1 #ba1 #ae1 what young ladies love to be4 ,my #ag1 #aj1 #i1 #ba1 #bb1 #bj1 what they ought to be4 ,my #b1 #a1 #bj is an animal4 ,my whole is a familiar proverb4 #i ,i am composed of #ba letters4 ,my #c1 #b1 #ab1 #af1 is a fixed principle in the art of fencing4 ,my #ac1 #d1 #aj1 #h1 is a beverage4 ,my #ai1 #e1 #g1 #a1 #af1 is what nobody would wish to lose4 ,my #ae1 #bj1 #f1 #af1 #ad1 #h1 is a relation4 ,my #ag1 #i1 #ba1 #aj1 are animals4 ,my #ah1 #f1 #ad1 is a great ally of experience4 ,my #aa1 #bj1 #g1 is a fruit4 ,my whole is a proverb4 #aj ,i am composed of #bg letters4 ,my #c1 #bc1 #bj1 #bb1 #i1 #ag1 was the name of a celebrated ,egyptian4 ,my #b1 #g1 #ae1 #i1 #bf1 #aj1 was the name of an ambitious ,roman1 who was elected ,consul six times4 ,my #h1 #bf1 #ag1 #bb1 #ad1 #ai1 was the name of a man who was a great favorite with ,queen ,elizabeth4 ,my #ac1 #i1 #h1 #g1 was the name of a ,latin poet1 born in #adgj1 died #aeff4 ,my #h1 #a1 #bd1 #ab1 #f1 #bb1 #af1 #bg1 was the name of a ,sicilian1 who learned a lesson from ,dionysius4 ,my #a1 #ah1 #af1 #d1 #aa1 #ae1 #ba1 #bd1 #be1 #e1 #ad1 was the name of a brave ,english general1 who received his death wound at the battle of ,alexandria1 on the #bast of ,march1 #ahja4 ,my whole is an event which occurred in ,henry the ,seventh's reign1 and materially affected the interests of this country4 #aa ,i am composed of #ci letters4 ,never be #h1 #ah1 #ce1 #ab1 #bh1 and cruel to the #ca1 #ch1 #a1 #e1 #ag1 #g1 #ca1 #bf1 #be1 #ai1 #i1 but be #cc1 #bi1 #bf1 #bc1 #c1 #ac1 and #d1 #e1 #cj1 #aa1 #ch1 #cc2 if #aj1 #ac1--af1 #aa1 #cb1 #c1 we may relieve1 #cf1 #cd1 #ch1 #ci a #ab1 #b1 #bb1 #ba1--bj1 #ae1 #cg1ag1 #bg1 by a mere #ab1 #bd1 #b1 #f1--e1 #ad1 sympathy4 #ab ,i am composed of #f letters4 ,my #a1 #b1 #d1 is used by all ladies4 ,my #a1 #c1 #d1 is used by all cooks4 ,my #a1 #c1 #b1 #d1 is felt by all people4 ,my #d1 #b1 #a1 is understood in a musquito country4 ,my #d1 #c1 #a1 is interfered with in the same4 ,my #f1 #b1 #d1 is nearly as old as the world4 ,my #f1 #e1 #c1 #a1 is a valuable ally of the water cure system4 ,my whole promote much discord in domestic circles4 ,illustration #ac ,i am composed of #i letters4 ,my #b1 #e1 #i1 is part of a fish4 ,my #b1 #c1 #f1 is more useful than pleasant to most children4 ,my #f1 #e1 #i1 is the name of a quadruped4 ,my #e1 #g1 #h1 is apt to be made light of1 by us sinners4 ,my #b1 #g1 #a1 #i1 is a valuable vegetable production4 ,my whole is a reptile4 #ad ,i am composed of #ac letters4 ,my #a1 #ac1 #b1 is the name of a female animal4 ,my #b1 #e1 #f1 is a measure of length4 ,my #c1 #d1 #ac1 #f1 is a musical instrument ,my #h1 #ac1 #g1 #f1 is a starting-place4 ,my #i1 #ab1 #ac1 #e1 is an image4 ,my #aa is a vowel4 ,my whole is the name of a group of islands in the ,pacific ,ocean4 #ae ,i am composed of #bc letters4 ,my #c1 #g1 #ai1 #ad1 is part of a ship4 ,my #ae1 #af1 #ag1 #ah1 #a1 is what ,eve was4 ,my #i1 #b1 #e1 is a relation4 ,my #ab1 #aj1 #bb1 #bc1 #ac1 is a piece of poetry4 ,my #bj1 #ba1 #d1 #aa1 is one drop of liquid4 ,my #f1 #ah1 #h1 #ac1 is a kind of wood4 ,my whole is a proverb4 #af ,a #bg1 #aa1 #bb1 #bi1 #bd1 #ac severely #bg1 #b1 #bh1 #bf1 #ab1 #aj1 #cj by #i1 #f1 #aa1 #b1 #h1 #e1 seeing a #a1 #ag1 #d1 #ab1 #ba of #ah1 #g1 #ae1 #aj1 #b--bg1 #g1 #aa1 #ac1 #ae1 #bi1 #be on a #ba1 #aa1 #bb1 #ac1 supposed it to be #b1 #aj1 #g1 #ag2 #h1 #bd--cj1 #af1 #bf1 #f1 #aa1 #ac1 #a--cj1 #ad1 #ah1 #ac--g1 #e1 it with all her might she struck against the board1 and1 breaking her #ah1 #aa1 #ac1 #bb1 fell #f1 #c1 #ag1 #bg1 #ag1 #aj1 #h1 #ba1 #ag1 #bj to the #c1 #ai1 #b1 #i1 #f--ah1 #f1 #bh1 #b1 #bi4 ,she was quickly taken by #bc1 #ac1 #aj of the #bg1 #d1 #ab1 #bf1 #bi1 #b1 #h by4 ,and must have thought #a1 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e1 #f1 #g1 #h1 #i1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab1 #ac1 #ad1 #ae1 #af1 #ag1 #ah1 #ai1 #bj1 #ba1 #bb1 #bc1 #bd1 #be1 #bf1 #bg1 #bh1 #bi1 #cj4 #ag ,i am composed of #be letters4 ,my #bd1 #ad1 #c1 #b1 #f1 #ab1 was a distinguished ,latin writer ,my #af1 #be1 #bd1 #g1 #bc1 #ba1 #f1 #i1 #e1 is a class in ,botany4 ,my #aj1 #ae1 #ag1 #i1 #af1 #g1 is a lake in ,new ,york4 ,my #c1 #e1 #aa1 #h1 #aj1 #bj1 is a city in ,china4 ,my #d1 #i1 #aa1 #bd1 #ab1 #d1 #ae1 is a county in ,kentucky4 ,my #a1 #ab1 #h1 #h1 #be1 #f1 #ai1 #d1 is a silly bird4 ,my #ac1 #d1 #aj1 #f1 #be1 #bj1 #c1 #ai1 is a city in ,italy4 ,my #bc1 #g1 #ah1 #aj1 #d1 #bb1 #ab1 #bj1 was the name of a conqueror4 ,my whole is a document which first saw the light many years ago4 ,illustration3 ,,labyrinth ,,no4 #c4 ,go in at the front entrance and travel along the roads until you reach the dwelling-house in the centre4 ,be particular not to get over any of the fences4 ,,acrostics4 ,illustration #a ,a valuable ally of family sociability1 and what pertains to it4 #a4 ,a species of garment4 #b4 ,an ancient ,french coin4 #c4 ,one of the ,ladrone ,islands4 #d4 ,an insect4 #e4 ,a man's name4 ,illustration #b ,a beautiful creature1 and where it is often seen4 #a4 ,a ferry-boat4 #b4 ,a town in ,new ,york4 #c4 ,an emblem of poverty4 #d4 ,an emblem of gentleness4 #c ,first call to mind a nymph of paradise1 ,next where the poet1 ,ovid1 buried lies2 ,a sect religious1 most in ,persia seen2 ,a title given to ,juno1 goddess-queen2 ,a town in ,england1 famous for the death ,of two crowned kings1 and ,queen ,elizabeth4 ,the letters first of these will give the name ,of ancient poet1 great has been his fame3 ,the final letters--if you careful note-- ,will tell you of a poem which he wrote4 #d ,a fruit1 and where it grows4 #a4 ,a division4 #b4 ,where the lion sleeps4 #c4 ,a ,russian proclamation4 #d4 ,a spice4 #e ,the promoter of much discord in a family1 and its ally4 #a4 ,a pet name for an animal4 #b4 ,a person whose mental capabilities would never fit him for a ,senator4 #c4 ,a river in ,europe4 #d4 ,a ,roman emperor4 #e4 ,a bird4 #f ,a token and its receptacle4 #a4 ,is of long continuance4 #b4 ,a beautiful tree4 #c4 ,was a king of ,thrace4 #d4 ,a flower named after a goddess4 #g ,a place for vessels1 and a liquor4 #a4 ,an important part of a church4 #b4 ,a large river in ,asia4 #c4 ,a gambler's gain4 #d4 ,a mighty conqueror4 #h ,a useful token1 and what supports it4 #a4 ,what every tree should have4 #b4 ,a county in ,minnesota4 #c4 ,something very common in summer4 #d4 ,something found on every wagon4 #i ,stalks1 and a fruit4 #a4 ,a wound4 #b4 ,a member of the human body4 #c4 ,a wanderer4 #d4 ,a tune4 #e4 ,a part of milk4 ,,decapitations4 ,illustration3 ,,peaceful ,,slumbering ,,on ,,the ,,ocean4 #a4 ,behead a noble vessel1 and leave a rude one4 #b4 ,behead that which may save life1 and leave that which destroys it4 #c4 ,behead every thing1 and leave nothing4 #d4 ,behead a weapon1 and leave a fruit4 #e4 ,behead a gymnastic feat1 and leave that which accomplished it4 #f4 ,behead an uncomfortable situation1 and leave what promoted it4 #g4 ,behead an uncultivated idea1 and leave those who entertain it4 #h4 ,behead a celebrated ,british admiral1 and leave a ,british commander-in-chief and viscount4 #i4 ,behead a primate of ,scotland1 and leave a consul of the ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 to ,tunis in #agig4 #aj4 ,behead an ,irish author who wrote a work on ,beauty1 and leave an able and intrepid ,english admiral4 #aa4 ,behead an eminent ,scotch physician and mathematician1 and leave a learned ,german professor of ,rhetoric4 #ab4 ,behead a country1 and leave a sensation4 ,illustration #ac4 ,behead a weapon1 and leave a part of speech4 #ad4 ,behead a destructive deed1 and leave one of mirth4 #ae4 ,behead a man1 and leave a beverage4 #af4 ,behead a twist1 and leave a beverage4 #ag4 ,behead a wart1 and leave a small horse4 #ah4 ,behead a perfume1 and leave a coin4 #ai4 ,behead a ribbon1 and leave an animal4 #bj4 ,behead an iron hod1 and leave an important character in one of ,dickens's works4 #ba4 ,behead a drove1 and leave a means of fastening4 #bb4 ,behead a tool1 and leave a reptile4 #bc4 ,behead a reptile1 and leave a tool4 #bd4 ,behead mildew1 and leave a sunbeam4 ,illustration #be4 ,behead a viaduct1 and leave the upper part of a slope4 #bf4 ,behead a number1 and leave a heart4 #bg4 ,behead a heart1 and leave a metal4 #bh4 ,behead a kitchen utensil1 and leave a tenement4 #bi4 ,behead a scion of the forest king1 ,and straight behold a very barber-ous thing4 #cj4 ,behead a youthful damsel1 and you'll find ,a mate1 perchance1 more suited to your mind4 #ca4 ,behead a thing in every kitchen seen1 ,and what is left will puzzle you1 ,i ween4 #cb4 ,behead an object gaunt1 which ,superstition dreads1 ,and lo6 for all your pains1 a hundred thousand heads4 #cc4 ,behead what tear-drops did in ,beauty's eyes1 ,and leave what ,beauty did to cause their rise4 #cd4 ,behead a well-known animal1 and see ,another better known than even he4 #ce4 ,behead an instrument of pleasant tone1 ,and leave another one to minstrels known4 #cf4 ,behead a bird1 one common as can be1 ,and leave one which we not as often see4 #cg4 ,and when ye've done all this1 like clever elves1 ,forever still behead1 but leave yourselves4 ,illustration #ch4 ,behead a lady1 and leave a lady4 #ci4 ,behead a bird1 and leave a vessel4 #dj4 ,behead a seed1 and leave a grain4 #da4 ,behead what some men love1 and leave what most men love4 #db4 ,behead a stream1 and leave a bird4 #dc4 ,behead a part of a chain1 and leave a fluid4 #dd4 ,behead a vessel1 and leave a part of the body4 #de4 ,behead a grain1 and leave a luxury4 #df4 ,behead a band1 and leave a catching apparatus4 #dg4 ,behead an article used in sewing1 and leave a stream4 #dh4 ,behead a fruit1 and leave a part of the body4 #di4 ,behead an article of furniture1 and leave a fastening4 #ej4 ,behead an instrument of punishment1 and leave a part of the human body4 #ea4 ,behead an animal1 and leave an organ of man4 #eb4 ,behead a kind of grain1 and leave a sensation4 #ec4 ,behead a hard substance1 and leave a soft one4 ,illustration #ed4 ,behead and curtail a bird1 and leave a pressure4 #ee4 ,behead and curtail a culinary utensil1 and leave a tax4 #ef4 ,behead and curtail one part of the body1 and leave another4 #eg4 ,behead and curtail a vine1 and leave a pronoun4 #eh4 ,behead and curtail a fruit1 and leave a blow4 #ei4 ,behead and curtail an important part of every kitchen1 and leave an animal4 #fj4 ,divide a song1 and leave an article and a pronoun4 #fa4 ,divide a surprising place1 and leave a verb1 and a shrub4 #fb4 ,divide an animal1 and leave a verb1 a pronoun1 and an insect4 #fc4 ,divide a musical instrument1 and leave a sack1 and tube4 #fd4 ,divide a game1 and leave a combat1 and a passage4 #fe4 ,divide an insect1 and leave a color1 and a vessel4 #ff4 ,divide an ornament1 and leave a pair1 and an obstacle4 #fg4 ,divide a contract1 and leave an obstruction1 and a profit4 #fh4 ,divide a flower1 and leave animals1 and a feature4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,enigmatically ,,expressed4 ,illustration ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,connecticut4 #a4 ,a kind of tree1 and a shallow piece of water4 #b4 ,a motion of the atmosphere1 and part of a hog4 #c4 ,the part equally distant from two extremities1 and a collection of houses4 #d4 ,a nickname1 and a verb4 #e4 ,a vegetable1 and a partition4 #f4 ,what some men delight in1 and a weight4 #g4 ,novel1 and a name for fashion4 #h4 ,a crossing1 and a harbor4 #i4 ,clear1 and a portion of real estate4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,illinois4 #aj4 ,a royal title1 and a weight4 #aa4 ,being between1 and a place of safety for vessels4 #ab4 ,to clothe1 and a lodge for wild beasts4 #ac4 ,to make secure1 and a harbor for vessels4 #ad4 ,the name of a planet1 and a part of a house4 #ae4 ,a dwelling of royalty1 and a part of a fork4 #af4 ,the name of a liquid1 and the cry of an animal4 #ag4 ,the name of a lady1 and a collection of houses4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,north ,,carolina4 #ah4 ,a fashionable lady's delight1 and a fortified place4 #ai4 ,keen resentment1 and a narrow valley4 #bj4 ,an ,english poet4 #ba4 ,a place of worship1 and elevation4 #bb4 ,a foreigner1 and a collection of houses4 #bc4 ,the act of making clean1 and a weight4 #bd4 ,what we generally see in winter1 and an eminence4 #be4 ,a contest1 a bird1 and a weight4 #bf4 ,a preposition1 and a motion brought about by indolence4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,maine4 #bg4 ,a color and a shrub4 #bh4 ,to consecrate1 and a measure of cloth4 #bi4 ,a river in ,italy1 and a term applied to a region or country4 #cj4 ,an intoxicating drink1 and a place where water is shallow4 #ca4 ,an inclosure for animals1 and a term applied to adults4 #cb4 ,a point of the compass1 and a small stream of water4 #cc4 ,a portion of the body1 and a greater amount4 #cd4 ,an animal1 and a term applied to diversion4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,kentucky4 #ce4 ,a sharp instrument1 and a weight4 #cf4 ,a wild animal1 and a shallow part of a stream4 #cg4 ,a boy's name1 and a place of defense4 #ch4 ,an elevation of land1 and a name given to money4 #ci4 ,a man's name1 and a portion of land4 #dj4 ,one of the points of the compass1 and a place of safety4 ,,places ,,in ,,wisconsin4 #da4 ,an animal1 and a collection of houses4 #db4 ,an animal1 and the shallow part of a stream4 #dc4 ,a combat1 and a part of a candle4 #dd4 ,an elevation1 and a weight4 #de4 ,a southern fruit1 and low1 wet ground4 #df4 ,the name of a celebrated physician1 and a collection of houses4 #dg4 ,an animal1 and a musical instrument4 #dh4 ,a fruit1 and a weight4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,asia4 #di4 ,a kind of pouch1 and a child's appellation for his father4 #ej4 ,a horse1 and a small hole4 #ea4 ,a gash1 and a small nail4 #eb4 ,a thick shrub1 and a word expressing anger4 #ec4 ,a metal cup1 and a weight4 #ed4 ,a pronoun1 and an animal4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,england4 #ee4 ,a deer1 part of a present participle1 and part of an animal4 #ef4 ,an animal1 and a crossing4 #eg4 ,part of a gun1 and the sailor's desire4 #eh4 ,what some old ladies and gentlemen wear1 and a weight4 #ei4 ,sources of water4 #fj4 ,a grain4 ,,names ,,of ,,places ,,in ,,florida4 #fa4 ,two young ladies' names combined4 #fb4 ,a silicious mineral of various colors4 #fc4 ,a large amphibious animal1 of rapacious nature4 #fd4 ,a possessive pronoun1 and a covering4 #fe4 ,a boy's nickname1 and a preposition4 #ff4 ,an adjective1 and one of the battle-fields of ,mexico4 ,illustration ,,names ,,of ,,birds4 #fg4 ,the bird that was in ,eden4 #fh4 ,the bird that cheats4 #fi4 ,a chess-man4 #gj4 ,a letter4 #ga4 ,an architect4 #gb4 ,a country in ,europe4 #gc4 ,the bird that's full of mischief and fun4 #gd4 ,the bird that raises great weights4 #ge4 ,the bird that is part of a fence4 #gf4 ,the bird that is always in fear4 #gg4 ,the bird that assists at your meals4 #gh4 ,the bird that's a plaything for boys4 ,,list ,,of ,,fish4 #gi4 ,part of a hennery4 #hj4 ,a weapon4 #ha4 ,what the moss-rose did4 #hb4 ,what the sun lent4 #hc4 ,what the boys love to do4 #hd4 ,a pronoun1 and an ornament4 #he4 ,two thirds of a proverb1 and an ancient vessel4 #hf4 ,three quarters of a member of the human body4 #hg4 ,minus the letter ,t--a physician4 #hh4 ,what we should all be likely to do if we fell in the water4 ,,names ,,of ,,birds4 #hi4 ,what we all do when we dine4 #ij4 ,nothing1 twice five1 and fifty4 #ia4 ,equality and decay4 #ib4 ,a female nickname1 and what most boys like for dinner4 ,,battles ,,of ,,england4 #ic4 ,a border1 and an elevation4 #id4 ,not ancient1 and a kind of fruit4 #ie4 ,idle talk1 and a part of a domestic animal4 #if4 ,to select from others1 a letter of the alphabet1 and a place for wild beasts4 #ig4 ,a liquid1 and a game of cards4 #ih4 ,to draw by a rope1 and a weight4 ,,tea-,,table4 #ii4 ,a convulsion of the lungs1 and a reward4 #ajj4 ,the state of an ,irishman newly-arrived1 and a favorite beverage4 #aja4 ,a species of deer1 a useful grain1 and a flat loaf4 #ajb4 ,the act of cutting with a sharp instrument1 and young maidens4 #ajc4 ,an unruly member4 #ajd4 ,a ,latin word signifying earth1 and an important article in a lady's toilet4 #aje4 ,natural jewel-boxes4 #ajf4 ,two thirds of an animal1 and part of the lunch service4 #ajg4 ,a portion1 and an elevation4 #ajh4 ,fireworks4 #aji4 ,a kid4 #aaj4 ,a man-servant4 ,,beverages4 #aaa4 ,a small tree4 #aab4 ,a sailor's desire4 #aac4 ,counterfeit agony4 #aad4 ,an island in the ,atlantic4 #aae4 ,merry ,andrew4 #aaf4 ,adam's ale4 #aag4 ,ghosts4 ,,distinguished ,,americans4 #aah4 ,distracted1 a pronoun and a relation4 #aai4 ,a month1 and to cut4 #abj4 ,a girl's name1 and a preposition4 #aba4 ,to fight1 and a bird4 #abb4 ,a part of the body1 and an adjective implying powerful4 ,,flower ,,garden4 #abc4 ,a musical instrument devoured4 #abd4 ,a fop1 and an animal4 #abe4 ,a portion of time1 and a consonant4 #abf4 ,a blackbird and its claw4 #abg4 ,sunrise4 #abh4 ,the hair of a young lady4 #abi4 ,a deer1 and part of its mouth4 #acj4 ,a pronoun4 #aca4 ,a part of the head of a useful animal4 #acb4 ,haste1 and a spring4 #acc4 ,a case4 #acd4 ,a report1 and a consonant4 ,illustration3 ,,labyrinth ,,no4 #d4 ,enter at ,a1 and keep traveling along the paths until you reach ,b4 ,no climbing allowed4 ,,cuttings ,,for ,,planting4 ,this may be made an amusing game2 as the query for each flower may be frequently varied3 and it will require no great amount of ingenuity to originate new questions4 ,illustration #a4 ,if you plant hoarhound candy1 what will grow8 #b4 ,an ,english cathedral8 #c4 ,the idol ,juggernaut8 #d4 ,a winter storm8 #e4 ,the sky8 #f4 ,aaron's rod8 #g4 ,a ,doctor8 #h4 ,dalley's ,pain ,extractor8 #i4 ,a wise man8 #aj4 ,christmas game8 #aa4 ,a goldsmith8 #ab4 ,a toad8 #ac4 ,a scalp8 #ad4 ,a violincello8 #ae4 ,plant a bay horse1 and what would grow8 #af4 ,sheep8 #ag4 ,daylight8 #ah4 ,cupid wounded8 ,illustration #ai4 ,plant a pig1 and what will grow8 #bj4 ,some rapid streams4 #ba4 ,plant the ,celestial ,empire1 and the richest man in ,new ,york4 #bb4 ,a member of a monastery4 #bc4 ,reynard1 and a small article of apparel4 #bd4 ,a ,christian name1 and a small article from a writing desk4 #be4 ,queen ,victoria's eldest son1 with a plume in his hat4 #bf4 ,plant vanity1 and what will grow8 #bg4 ,a charming rural retreat8 #bh4 ,a dry-good's merchant8 #bi4 ,a part of one's hand8 #cj4 ,the ,chinese silk manufacture8 #ca4 ,a perfumed dandy8 #cb4 ,what the sun did4 #cc4 ,plant the ,fourth of ,july1 and what would grow8 #cd4 ,a young ladies' seminary8 #ce4 ,a young ladies' riding-school8 #cf4 ,a theological seminary8 #cg4 ,a jeweler8 #ch4 ,a shoemaker8 ,illustration #ci4 ,plant an ape1 and what would grow8 #dj4 ,a cardinal number1 and part of the face4 #da4 ,cupid in a scrape4 #db4 ,the border of a garment1 and a protection against thieves4 #dc4 ,a pipe4 #dd4 ,a surgeon4 #de4 ,a small pillow4 #df4 ,the wandering ,jew4 #dg4 ,a wedding4 #dh4 ,plant a tailor1 and what would grow8 #di4 ,a goslin4 #ej4 ,a ,bruin4 #ea4 ,the seat of life4 #eb4 ,a tippler's nose4 #ec4 ,a scold4 #ed4 ,a cart-whip4 #ee4 ,an artery4 #ef4 ,a mouse4 #eg4 ,old ,dobbin4 #eh4 ,a ,louis d'or4 ,,anagrams4 ,properly to enjoy this amusement1 it is necessary to be provided with a box of letters1 from which may be selected those forming the anagram4 ,place the letters on a book or table1 and continue to transpose them until the original word is discovered4 ,a whole room full of people may be entertained in this manner4 #a4 ,fill up net4 #b4 ,nice red hams4 #c4 ,a dry toil4 #d4 ,rest choir4 #e4 ,ruin a mite4 #f4 ,i get dinners4 #g4 ,go nurse4 #h4 ,a flirt8 ,not ,i6 #i4 ,to sin far more4 #aj4 ,modest hit4 #aa4 ,cover not a sin4 #ab4 ,o6 a plain spice4 #ac4 ,a tiny sin4 #ad4 ,vase1 tubs1 tins4 #ae4 ,ten coons in tar4 #af4 ,to gain rules4 #ag4 ,tom's nine hats4 #ah4 ,miss no trains4 #ai4 ,tread mean pigs4 #bj4 ,peel six brines4 #ba4 ,i meant man's gem4 #bb4 ,i call my gin tea4 #bc4 ,tin men eat rent4 #bd4 ,o6 story man4 #be4 ,lo6 ,i tug ,ned4 #bf4 ,tip a den4 #bg4 ,go smite4 #bh4 ,test rein4 #bi4 ,no tripe4 #cj4 ,i put on a mat4 #ca4 ,read to me4 #cb4 ,lo6 ,i read it4 #cc4 ,in a tin door4 #cd4 ,o1 ,i reap tons4 #ce4 ,evil ,june4 #cf4 ,if led in4 #cg4 ,i made time4 #ch4 ,is ,uncle tiffy8 #ci4 ,i attend in pomps4 #dj4 ,i don't want things4 #da4 ,sin is content4 #db4 ,i eat brine4 #dc4 ,can remember4 #dd4 ,find lies4 #de4 ,bold repeal4 #df4 ,gain men4 #dg4 ,stern peer4 #dh4 ,turn game4 #di4 ,fire iron4 #ej4 ,o6 sued it4 #ea4 ,i rule not so4 #eb4 ,i reveal not4 #ec4 ,grain a trouble4 #ed4 ,event seen4 #ee4 ,oh1 a harp6 #ef4 ,vile beer4 ,illustration #eg4 ,move it cool4 #eh4 ,a sinner varies4 #ei4 ,bad in ,creoles4 #fj4 ,a pear nipt4 #fa4 ,ten ate sir4 #fb4 ,to a poet4 #fc4 ,real sup4 #fd4 ,i ran to stay4 #fe4 ,prove eels4 #ff4 ,to sit continually4 #fg4 ,care not inside4 #fh4 ,rats ran into pot4 #fi4 ,an eel pot4 #gj4 ,toe corns4 #ga4 ,silver tea4 #gb4 ,live tears4 #gc4 ,great help4 #gd4 ,h4 sing to me4 #ge4 ,on dry air4 #gf4 ,liars in time4 #gg4 ,clouds rise4 #gh4 ,o6 ,aunt1 ,i faint6 #gi4 ,lions so true4 #hj4 ,a lost home4 #ha4 ,i find it one4 #hb4 ,lo6 ,i reign4 #hc4 ,try on covers4 #hd4 ,depart ye rogues4 #he4 ,cure not sin1 sir4 #hf4 ,pure tar4 #hg4 ,no ears4 #hh4 ,arm-pits4 ,illustration #hi4 ,time ends rage4 #ij4 ,call us noses4 #ia4 ,ode songs4 #ib4 ,soar1 ,alps4 #ic4 ,hard tug4 #id4 ,charity's in it4 #ie4 ,tree snags4 #if4 ,shine1 ,sol4 #ig4 ,men use mats4 #ih4 ,thin bag4 #ii4 ,her cry4 #ajj4 ,sea plant4 #aja4 ,paul's ape4 #ajb4 ,a real stab4 #ajc4 ,misshape4 #ajd4 ,a paper cane4 #aje4 ,on many taller4 #ajf4 ,nor repeat it in mist4 #ajg4 ,enter pines4 #ajh4 ,ended puss4 #aji4 ,can't cure ,miss ,e4 #aaj4 ,i can stare4 #aaa4 ,o6 it bores us4 #aab4 ,real tea dust4 #aac4 ,ariel got a burn4 #aad4 ,no stern action4 #aae4 ,eats time4 #aaf4 ,true in fur4 #aag4 ,got in a boil4 #aah4 ,i expect a ton4 #aai4 ,his tables4 #abj4 ,red lance4 #aba4 ,i need a cyclop4 #abb4 ,oh6 a split6 #abc4 ,ten oars4 #abd4 ,a dog trial4 #abe4 ,so ,i can not tell4 #abf4 ,i gaze1 man4 #abg4 ,o read tin coins4 #abh4 ,iron tribute4 #abi4 ,so cut1 ,mary4 #acj4 ,ah6 in pore1 sir8 #aca4 ,i can not stain4 #acb4 ,cut moss4 ,illustration #acc4 ,mary dips4 #acd4 ,all pearl4 #ace4 ,i cannot ride so4 #acf4 ,in a bay or port4 #acg4 ,o6 ,i sign at once4 #ach4 ,dandy ewes4 #aci4 ,fished urn4 #adj4 ,red nuts and gin4 #ada4 ,may nod4 #adb4 ,don't ,i eat8 #adc4 ,red legs4 #add4 ,it sent men4 #ade4 ,short race4 #adf4 ,be alive1 nun4 #adg4 ,o'er assuming4 #adh4 ,this sable4 #adi4 ,pin red fish4 #aej4 ,it's on a mantle4 #aea4 ,city life4 #aeb4 ,i get a mess in vain4 #aec4 ,a mere dot4 #aed4 ,red rum4 #aee4 ,gain type4 #aef4 ,red oyster4 #aeg4 ,cart horse4 #aeh4 ,may enrich4 #aei4 ,nine thumps4 ,,places ,,in ,,the ,u4 ,s4 #afj4 ,more tons4 #afa4 ,hen sat4 #afb4 ,a cell1 sir4 #afc4 ,nose trap4 #afd4 ,a sin to me4 #afe4 ,a red cut4 #aff4 ,clean stew4 #afg4 ,pint o' stew4 ,,distinguished ,,greeks4 #afh4 ,ears cost4 #afi4 ,relax spite4 #agj4 ,meet his colts4 #aga4 ,at ides1 sir4 #agb4 ,caleb is aid4 #agc4 ,a slim tide4 #agd4 ,o6 sad line4 ,,names ,,in ,,rom4 ,,hist4 #age4 ',tis a cut4 #agf4 ,a coal rig4 #agg4 ,not any4 #agh4 ,saves a pin4 #agi4 ,muser4 #ahj4 ,call ,remus4 #aha4 ,no1 'tis a nun4 ,illustration ,,scriptural ,,names4 #ahb4 ,hide all4 #ahc4 ,aim at it4 #ahd4 ,i shall eat4 #ahe4 ,i am a band4 #ahf4 ,must ,i bear8 #ahg4 ,head orb4 #ahh4 ,true dimes4 #ahi4 ,i hate a ram4 #aij4 ,head-band4 #aia4 ,rob a home4 #aib4 ,use the meal4 #aic4 ,ha6 ha6 a limbo4 #aid4 ,blame thee4 #aie4 ,i at home6 no4 #aif4 ,abash them4 #aig4 ,he has aim4 #aih4 ,his tar pan4 #aii4 ,ship a hen4 #bjj4 ,o6 ,sam4 #bja4 ,hurt4 #bjb4 ,a mob4 #bjc4 ,an oar4 #bjd4 ,i hem a hen4 #bje4 ,i am on4 #bjf4 ,his trash4 #bjg4 ,the lion4 #bjh4 ,at a man1 sir4 #bji4 ,this is a mat4 #baj4 ,pare him4 #baa4 ,as mule4 #bab4 ,in dale4 #bac4 ,lupa4 ,,conundrums4 ,illustration #a4 ,when is a merchant like ,ireland8 #b4 ,what kind of likeness can you spell with three letters8 #c4 ,why is intemperance like a worn-out coat8 #d4 ,how can you prove that seven is half of twelve8 #e4 ,why should a market-gardener always be punctual8 #f4 ,if you throw a chip into the water1 what does it become8 #g4 ,how does a locomotive at full speed resemble idleness8 #h4 ,where was ,washington when his companions put all the lights out8 #i4 ,why is a translated fable like hatred8 #aj4 ,what is that which is broken by merely naming it8 #aa4 ,what pies are you not likely to find at the baker's8 #ab4 ,why is the heir-apparent of ,england like a cloudy day8 #ac4 ,what foreign letter expresses a title8 #ad4 ,what two letters express what you ought to do all things8 #ae4 ,what two letters express an impoverished purse8 #af4 ,what four letters express a good drink for a cold8 #ag4 ,what two letters name a river in ,america8 #ah4 ,what two letters name a county in ,england8 ,illustration #ai4 ,why is it easy to break into an old man's house8 #bj4 ,what is the quickest way to make a thin man fat8 #ba4 ,how much land is like a decayed tooth8 #bb4 ,when do your teeth act like your tongue8 #bc4 ,what foreign letter names the territory of a duke8 #bd4 ,what tree pinches an ,israelite8 #be4 ,what is that which pierces and leaves no hole8 #bf4 ,when is a boat like a lady in love with an artist8 #bg4 ,do you know of any word entirely composed of vowels8 #bh4 ,when does a bonnet resemble a useless search8 #bi4 ,when are bad dispositions and flour alike8 #cj4 ,what cordial is ,dally's ,pain ,extractor like8 #ca4 ,what nations do poor people like best8 ,illustration #cb4 ,why is a church spire like ,antrim county1 ,ireland8 #cc4 ,when we ask the cities of ,europe what novelists are called1 which one replies8 #cd4 ,what bad effect does the letter ,b have upon sunshine8 #ce4 ,who is always ready to reply to any question8 #cf4 ,what young lady is the most pugnaciously disposed8 #cg4 ,what young lady most interferes with the serenity of our sanctum8 #ch4 ,why can you never believe a man who always fulfills his promises8 #ci4 ,when may a man be said to be thinner than a shingle8 #dj4 ,what is more desirable for man than good quarters8 #da4 ,what is that which always crosses a river with its head downward8 #db4 ,why is an old woman who can not work1 like a young woman who can work1 and does work8 #dc4 ,where did ,kossuth stand when he first landed in ,america8 ,illustration3 ,,labyrinth ,,no4 #e4 ,find your way from the gate to the bower1 by keeping the right road1 and not jumping over any of the fences4 ,,solution ,,to ,,the ,,preface4 ,the enigma is of such ancient and respectable origin1 that ,i shall ask no one to excuse me for offering this book to the public4 ,enigmatical questions are frequent in the ,scriptures1 and in olden times often contained a great deal of valuable information4 ,i intend1 my dear young friends1 to combine instruction with amusement2 and do not fear but what my expectations will be sufficiently realized4 ,right well1 ,i know1 little lads and lasses1 you can not fail to be delighted when ,i am making such efforts in your behalf2 so1 heartily shaking you all by the hand1 ,i remain1 ,yours truly1 ,,santa ,,claus ,,solutions ,,to ,,the ,,puzzles4 #a4 ,mimic4 #b4 ,make no friendship with an envious man4 #c4 ,bees put by honey to use in winter4 #d4 ,beware of small expenses1 a little leak will sink a ship4 #e4 ,isaiah ,bebee1 you are too cross1 and your ideas are too empty to amuse any one2 you are too epicurean to exercise your energies2 nothing excuses1 nothing extenuates your excesses1 for you ought to be wiser4 #f4 ,opium and beer1 effeminacy and tears1 are usually enemies to energy1 and ought to be especially odious to you1 dear ,ellen4 #g4 ,oh6 ,emily1 benign and effeminate1 before you extenuate any excess1 see a wise ,deity4 #h4 ,our own caprice is more extravagant than the caprice of fortune4 #i4 ,,five4--,v4 #aj4 ,cicero's orations are superior to any orations of other ,roman orators extant4 #aa4 ,cow4 #ab4 ,mandate4 #ac4 ,civil4 #ad4 ,,ii 7,two ,i's4--,h4 ,a4 ,x4 ,v47 #ae4 ,in every land and clime ,i may be found4 ,in air1 in water1 also under ground2 ,of various sorts ,i am1 and various hues1 ,of various kinds of brown1 and various blues2 ,i'm sometimes black or gray1 and sometimes red3 ,you'll surely find me out from what ,i've said4 ,one other hint to aid you in your guess3 ,without me beauty's self were valueless4 7,the eye47 #af4 ,perverse--preserve4 #ag4 ,fiddle4 7,take ,v from ,,five1 and insert ,,ddl47 #ah4 ,a ,chinese4 #ai4 ,by gently and frequently scratching the table-cloth within three or four inches of the tumbler1 the coin will creep from under4 #bj4 ,come ye ingenious ones1 this riddle guess1 ,it is not difficult1 you will confess4 ,what is that number which1 if you divide1 ,you then will nothing leave on either side8 7,the figure #h1 divided laterally47 #ba4 ,when one will not1 two can not quarrel4 #bb4 ,a great many of our difficulties may be overcome by assiduity and proper diligence4 ,mischief lurks under dissimulation4 #bc4 ,draw a horizontal line from the shoulders of one dog to the tail of the other1 and from the fore legs of one to the hind legs of the other4 #bd4 ,hasten4 7a1 an1 hat1 he1 neat1 eat1 then1 at1 than1 ah67 ,there are other words out of which may be made all the parts of speech4 #be4 ,facetiously1 ,abstemiously4 #bf4 ,comic4 #bg4 ,clod4 #bh4 ,ere long expect a great overturning and uprising in ,europe4 #bi4 ,dim4 #cj4 ,og4 #ca4 ,ye clever knowing ones read me aright1 ,and bring my subtle meaning into light4 ',twill need some patience1 perseverance1 tact1 ,to set my dislocations--that's a fact4 #cb4 ,why tedious4 #cc4 ,little more than kin1 and less than kind4 #cd4 ,stop1 reader1 here1 and deign to look ,on one without a name1 ,ne'er entered in the ample book ,of fortune or of fame4 #ce4 ,never put off till to-morrow what can be done to-day4 #cf4 ,with one cut take off the toe1 which will leave three pieces of paper2 place these one upon another1 and again cut them through4 #cg4 ,research4 #ch4 ,a ,,smart ,,repartee4 ,cries ,sylvia to a reverend dean1 ,what reason can be given1 ,since marriage is a holy thing1 ,that there is none in heaven8 ,there are no women1 he replied4 ,she quick returns the jest1 ,women there are1 but ,i'm afraid ,they cannot find a priest4 #ci4 ,handsome is that handsome does4 #dj4 ,despair blunts the edge of industry4 #da4 ,by forgetfulness of injuries1 we show ourselves superior to them4 #db4 ,berry1 ,birch1 ,bird1 ,bloom1 ,bowers1 ,branch1 ,bush1 ,flowers1 ,gardener1 ,greenleaf1 ,hay1 ,hill1 ,moss1 ,pine1 ,plant1 ,post1 ,reed1 ,root1 ,rose1 ,sand1 ,stone1 ,sickles1 ,thorn1 ,tool1 ,tree1 ,twiggs1 ,flint1 ,weed1 ,wells1 ,wood4 #dc4 ,please 7plea1 sale1 peas1 sap1 leap1 sleep1 seal1 lease1 lee1 sea1 see1 rest47 #dd4 ,he had #cb marbles4 #de4 ,great ,p4 ,d4 #df4 ,an ,x4 #dg4 ,brace--ace4 ,,solutions ,,to ,,the ,,charades4 #a4 ,rainbow4 #b4 ,wormwood4 #c4 ,tomato4 #d4 ,whip-poor-will4 #e4 ,nebula4 #f4 ,larkspur4 #g4 ,courtship4 #h4 ,injury4 #i4 ,footstool4 #aj4 ,moss-rose4 #aa4 ,napkin4 #ab4 ,earnestly4 #ac4 ,sebastopol4 #ad4 ,mirage4 #ae4 ,thousand4 #af4 ,antelope4 #ag4 ,chinchilla4 #ah4 ,omen4 #ai4 ,wholesome4 #bj4 ,pardon4 #ba4 ,grace ,greenwood4 #bb4 ,wintergreen4 #bc4 ,faith1 ,hope1 and ,love4 #bd4 ,rosemary4 #be4 ,violet4 #bf4 ,firefly4 #bg4 ,peerless4 #bh4 ,patagonia4 #bi4 ,light-house4 #cj4 ,honeymoon4 #ca4 ,harebell4 #cb4 ,moonlight4 ,,solutions ,,to ,,the ,,riddles4 #a4 ,a yard-stick4 #b4 ,a postage stamp4 #c4 ,eyelids4 #d4 ,a blush4 #e4 ,the letter ,c 7ore1 core1 etc74 #f4 ,a newspaper4 #g4 ,a hiss4 #h4 ,the letter ,a4 #i4 ,a key4 #aj4 ,a kiss4 #aa4 ,that4 #ab4 ,time4 #ac4 ,a shadow4 #ad4 ,a broom4 #ae4 ,lightning4 ,,solutions ,,to ,,the ,,rebusses4 #a4 ,ire--fire4 #b4 ,c4 ,i4 ,d4 #c4 ,scrap1 cap1 rap1 ape1 pear1 ear1--scrape4 #d4 ,fowl1 owl4 #e4 ,prussia1 ,russia4 #f4 ,tear1 tea1 head--thread4 #g4 ,goat1 oat1 goa4 #h4 ,take ,n from ,none1 and leave ,one4 #i4 ,wheel1 heel1 eel4 #aj4 ,a1 an1 ,ann1 ,anna1 annal1 annals4 #aa4 ,murmur4 #ab4 ,pay up4 #ac4 ,alice1 malice4 #ad4 ,snail1 nail1 ail4 #ae4 ,palm1 lamp4 #af4 ,beet1 bee1 bet4 #ag4 ,pap1 ,papa4 #ah4 #a4 ,live4 ,evil4 ,vile4 ,veil4 #b4 ,meat4 ,mate4 ,tame4 ,team4 #c4 ,amen4 ,mean4 ,mane4 ,name4 #d4 ,emit4 ,item4 ,mite4 ,time4 #e4 ,dale4 ,deal4 ,lade4 ,lead4 #f4 ,arts4 ,rats4 ,star4 ,tars4 #g4 ,plea4 ,pale4 ,peal4 ,leap4 #h4 ,sent4 ,nets4 ,tens4 ,nest4 #ai4 ,pain4 #bj4 ,rome 7more1 or1 me1 mer1 ,o ore74 #ba4 ,,civil4 #bb4 ,flower-pot4 #bc4 ,jay1 ,j1 ay1 y 7,why67 #bd4 ,glance4 #be4 ,troy1 tory1 tyro4 #bf4 ,garden1 danger4 #bg4 ,dennis4 #bh4 ,spark1 park1 ark4 #bi4 ,done1 one1 ,don4 #cj4 ,prelate4 #ca4 ,arm1 harm1 charm4 #cb4 ,boat1 oat1 boa4 #cc4 ,tear1 ear1 tea4 #cd4 ,tame1 team1 meat1 mate4 #ce4 ,this1 his1 is4 #cf4 ,ned1 end1 den4 #cg4 ,levi1 veil1 live1 evil4 #ch4 ,heart1 ear1 hear1 eat1 tear1 earth4 #ci4 ,clear1 ,lear1 ear1 ,ar1 lea4 #dj4 ,unreal1 real4 #da4 ,at1 eat1 heat1 wheat4 #db4 ,chair1 hair1 air4 #dc4 ,rite1 right1 write1 wright4 #dd4 ,thorn1 horn1 ,thor1 north4 #de4 ,murder 7red rum74 #df4 ,ark1 lark4 #dg4 ,rat1 tar1 art4 #dh4 ,stare1 tare1 are1 ear4 #di4 ,tars1 rats1 arts1 star4 #ej4 ,devil1 evil1 vile1 il1 lie4 #ea4 ,place1 lace1 ace 7three fifths of brace74 #eb4 ,rite1 write1 right1 wright4 #ec4 ,ladder1 lad1 adder4 #ed4 ,anna4 #ee4 ,j4,u4,l4,i4,a4 #ef4 ,claw1 law4 #eg4 ,cod 7,od1 ,co1 ,o1 ,c1 ,d74 #eh4 ,fire-side4 #ei4 ,star1 rats4 #fj4 ,your4 ,,solutions ,,to ,,the ,,enigmas4 #a4 ,miss ,caroline ,herschel4 #b4 ,the more haste1 the less speed4 #c4 ,thou shalt not steal4 #d4 ,carpenters4 #e4 ,america4 #f4 ,building castles in the air4 #g4 ,two boys1 one named ,andrew and the other ,thomas1 went to see their ,uncle ,m---- one winter4 ,he had two fine horses1 but he forbid the lads to ride without his consent4 ,but ,master ,t4 was a careless and wild boy1 but his brother ,a4 was obedient to his uncle's wishes4 ,one day1 ,master ,t4 said to his brother1 8,let's saddle the horses1 for we have a fine chance4 ,uncle has gone to town40 8,no1 indeed10 answered ,master ,a42 8how can you do what you say8 ,has not uncle forbid us to ride them80 ,but ,master ,t4 did not attend to what his brother said4 ,he took one of the horses and rode him1 but was thrown and severely hurt2 and having disregarded his uncle's commands1 he lost his good opinion1 and lay ill for three weeks1 and during the ,christmas and ,new ,year ,holidays4 #h4 ,a barking dog seldom bites4 #i4 ,hope is grief's best music4 #aj4 ,america discovered by ,columbus4 #aa4 ,follow the wise few rather than the vulgar many4 #ab4 ,pianos4 #ac4 ,crocodile4 #ad4 ,revillagigedo4 #ae4 ,no man can serve two masters4 #af4 ,great haste is not always good speed4 #ag4 ,declaration of ,independence4 ,,solutions ,,to ,,the ,,acrostics4 #a4 ,table-cloth2--,tunic1 ,angel1 ,bato1 ,locust1 ,elijah4 #b4 ,bird-cage2--,bac1 ,ithaca1 ,rag1 ,dove4 #c4 ,homer-,iliad2--,houri1 ,ovidopol1 ,magi1 ,egeria1 ,richmond4 #d4 ,plum-tree2--,part1 ,lair1 ,ucase1 mace4 #e4 ,piano-stool2--,puss1 ,idiot1 ,arno1 ,nero1 ,owl4 #f4 ,card-case2--,chronic1 ,acacia1 ,rhesus1 ,daphne4 #g4 ,port-wine2--,pew1 ,obi1 ,ruin1 ,time4 #h4 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