18.pictorial puzzle
18.pictorial puzzle
18.
fox19. A fox, 90 rods due south of a greyhound, is pursued by the hound at the rate of 5 rods to 4 of the fox, the fox running a due east course. How far will the hound run to overtake the fox?
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19. A fox, 90 rods due south of a greyhound, is pursued by the hound at the rate of 5 rods to 4 of the fox, the fox running a due east course. How far will the hound run to overtake the fox?
20. What kind of morals are most easily put on and off?
21.
My first is a female,My second the same,My whole is much dreaded—Pray what is its name?
My first is a female,My second the same,My whole is much dreaded—Pray what is its name?
My first is a female,
My second the same,
My whole is much dreaded—
Pray what is its name?
22. I am composed of four syllables, and am very popular just now; my first and second form a Latin verb; my third is a species of animal; my first, second, and third form a kind of rule; my fourth, reversed, is thin and narrow; and my third and fourth, without my final, is intellectual.
23. Why are unprotected hearth-fires like insolent beggars?
24.
I am composed of 14 letters.My 13, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12 is a dream.My 8, 14, 10, 9 is a net.My 1, 6, 8, 4, 13, 14, 2, 5 is a balance.My whole is a celebrated man.
I am composed of 14 letters.My 13, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12 is a dream.My 8, 14, 10, 9 is a net.My 1, 6, 8, 4, 13, 14, 2, 5 is a balance.My whole is a celebrated man.
I am composed of 14 letters.
My 13, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12 is a dream.
My 8, 14, 10, 9 is a net.
My 1, 6, 8, 4, 13, 14, 2, 5 is a balance.
My whole is a celebrated man.
25. Entire, I am a noun; behead and transpose, and I am lean; replace my head, curtail me, and I am necessary to the accomplishment of any great object; curtail me again, transpose, and I am sometimes used as a seat.