1873.

CHOICE COLLECTION

OF

RIDDLES, CHARADES,

AND

CONUNDRUMS.

BY PETER PUZZLEWELL, Esq.

OF REBUS HALL.

LONDON:

JOHN HARRIS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD.
1835.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

GIFT OF

EDWARD PERCIVAL SEXRITT
MAY 21, 1925

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.

&c. &c.

RIDDLE I.

In deepest solitudes I most delight,
Remote from cities, far from human sight;
Perfect in beauty, happy, and alone,

I oft am mention'd, though I'm never known.
Yet men to me still constantly compare
All that is curious, excellent, and rare :
I feel the moment destined for my doom,
And form at once an altar and a tomb;
But, wond'rous prodigy! though I expire,
I prove a father in consuming fire.

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RIDDLE II.

WHETHER derived from heaven, or sprung from earth,
Philosophers, or sages, must decide!
Demosthenes and Tully own'd my worth,
With many a learned orator beside.

All polish'd nations have confess'd my sway;
No author without me can hope to please;
Clergy and laity my laws obey ;-

I teach correctness, elegance, and ease.

I have a numerous family, whose names
Were long to tell, and useless to relate;
Each has his different office, functions, claims,
His separate place, and his appointed state.
My elder offspring ever present stay;

Some are just going, others wholly gone;
Some fix their prospects on a distant day;
The rest command or urge whate'er is done.

One other hint to this account I give,

That what I am you easily may guess; Whether you sleep or wake, or die or live, "Tis I alone the action can express.

IN spring I look gay,
Deck'd in comely array;
In summer more clothing I wear;
As colder it grows,

I throw off my clothes,
And in winter quite naked appear.

RIDDLE IV.

I am a thing that many say

Is bought with toil and trouble; What all would wish for once a day, Yet few desire to double.