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... 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 . RIDDLE V. My education's very hard , I'm torn ,. RIDDLE III . ...
... 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 . RIDDLE V. My education's very hard , I'm torn ,. RIDDLE III . ...
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... thing that once has been , That all have known and most have seen But quick my transient reign was o'er , And they who saw shall see no more . > RIDDLE VII . WHAT disappointed persons are ; What tailors always do ; Our grandmothers ...
... thing that once has been , That all have known and most have seen But quick my transient reign was o'er , And they who saw shall see no more . > RIDDLE VII . WHAT disappointed persons are ; What tailors always do ; Our grandmothers ...
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... things numerous , it contains : And , things with words compared , Who needs be told , that has his brains , Which merit most regard ? Ofttimes its leaves , of scarlet hue , A golded edging boast ; And , open'd , it displays to view ...
... things numerous , it contains : And , things with words compared , Who needs be told , that has his brains , Which merit most regard ? Ofttimes its leaves , of scarlet hue , A golded edging boast ; And , open'd , it displays to view ...
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... thing more odd , or more complete . RIDDLE XII . A thing that's insipid — a comical fellow , And dignity's mark in the East , Which may be either long , short , black , white , or yellow , And is generally found in a beast , A creature ...
... thing more odd , or more complete . RIDDLE XII . A thing that's insipid — a comical fellow , And dignity's mark in the East , Which may be either long , short , black , white , or yellow , And is generally found in a beast , A creature ...
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... things . I'm uniform always- And that you'll think strange ; For one so capricious , An instant will change . RIDDLE XIX . THOUGH made by art , ' tis nature gives me voice ; I answer all , yet never speak , by choice : One only language ...
... things . I'm uniform always- And that you'll think strange ; For one so capricious , An instant will change . RIDDLE XIX . THOUGH made by art , ' tis nature gives me voice ; I answer all , yet never speak , by choice : One only language ...
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12 engravings 16 ditto 24 engravings Abbé amusement ancient appear attend Author Battle of Waterloo beauty birth blooming boast bound in cloth breast bright Burmese War CHARADE Charlemagne charms CHRO cloth and leather coloured dark delight despised Dorset Street e'er earth England fame fire Fleet Street flowers form'd FRENCH LANGUAGE Game give GLET half bound head heart HOFLAND honour Illustrated Instructive ISAAC TAYLOR kings KINGS of ENGLAND ladies land learned Lessons maps moral nature ne'er never night numerous o'er pain Picts plain plates pleasure Price QUADRUPEDS RACTERS reign rich RIDDLE Saxons Second Edition second s a seen SEUM shew sometimes square 16mo Stories strange syllables Tale thing Third Edition thor tion toil TOMMY TRIP'S Tree VOLUME whole wond'rous wood cuts word ye fair young youth
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Page 97 - THE VOWELS We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.
Page 52 - I'm now a sail, and now a mast. I here am red, and there am green, A beggar there, and here a queen. I sometimes live in a house of hair, And oft in hand of lady fair. I please the young, I grace the old, And am at once both hot and cold Say what I am then, if you can, And find the rhyme, and you're the man.