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Peter Puzzlewell (pseud.) 1 FEB 1975 LONDON : SAVILL AND EDWARDS , PRINTERS , CHANDOS STREET , COVENT GARDEN . RIDDLES . CONTENTS . SOLUTIONS . ENIGMATICAL LIST OF BIRDS.
Peter Puzzlewell (pseud.) 1 FEB 1975 LONDON : SAVILL AND EDWARDS , PRINTERS , CHANDOS STREET , COVENT GARDEN . RIDDLES . CONTENTS . SOLUTIONS . ENIGMATICAL LIST OF BIRDS.
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... BIRDS KEY TO LIST OF BIRDS . LIST OF ENGLISH TOWNS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED KEY TO LIST OF TOWNS CHARADES SOLUTIONS REBUSES . SOLUTIONS . THE RIDDLING FOREST KEY TO THE RIDDLING FOREST ANAGRAMS OR TRANSPOSITIONS KEY TO ANAGRAMS FRENCH ...
... BIRDS KEY TO LIST OF BIRDS . LIST OF ENGLISH TOWNS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED KEY TO LIST OF TOWNS CHARADES SOLUTIONS REBUSES . SOLUTIONS . THE RIDDLING FOREST KEY TO THE RIDDLING FOREST ANAGRAMS OR TRANSPOSITIONS KEY TO ANAGRAMS FRENCH ...
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... bird Unite one third Of a fruit that grows in the field ; And they will declare What those men wear Who regal authority wield . RIDDLE LX . COUNTERFEIT all bodies , yet have none ; Bodies have shadows , shadows give me one ; Loved for ...
... bird Unite one third Of a fruit that grows in the field ; And they will declare What those men wear Who regal authority wield . RIDDLE LX . COUNTERFEIT all bodies , yet have none ; Bodies have shadows , shadows give me one ; Loved for ...
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... bird , and beast , I am found to belong , And with lovers am known as the theme of their song ; I'm the fountain of life and the centre of feeling , A wound made in me admits of no healing ; In some I am cold and in others am not ; But ...
... bird , and beast , I am found to belong , And with lovers am known as the theme of their song ; I'm the fountain of life and the centre of feeling , A wound made in me admits of no healing ; In some I am cold and in others am not ; But ...
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... birds , and beasts - indeed , what not ? What's more , my use is telling what is what . RIDDLE XCV . THERE is a word in the English language , the two first letters of which signify a male , the three first a female , the four first a ...
... birds , and beasts - indeed , what not ? What's more , my use is telling what is what . RIDDLE XCV . THERE is a word in the English language , the two first letters of which signify a male , the three first a female , the four first a ...
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AFRICAN WANDERERS alphabet amusement animal answer Author beautiful BIRDS called catch chair CHARADE circle cloth coloured dear delight dress eyes FANNY fat hen Fcap Fieldfare flowers Frontispiece genteel GILBERT gilt edges give Grand Mufti guess guesser hand HARRISON WEIR head HISTORY hold Illustrated by H Illustrations by JOHN JOHN ABSOLON JOHN GILBERT king LADY F leader letter LIST OF BIRDS look maid mother ne'er neighbour never papa PARLOUR GAMES party pay a forfeit person plain played player Primmy Queen Victoria question Red-cap repeated reply rhyme RIDDLE RODERICK RODK round Royal 16mo RUSHINGTON SALLY seat Second Edition seen SIR DAVID SIR F SIR FELIX Small 4to sometimes stand Super-royal 16mo tell thing third THOMAS HOOD thump tion Titiens tree trencher turn walk wand WEIR whole wish word young
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