95.pictorial puzzle
95.pictorial puzzle
95.
96.
My tongue is long, my breath is strong,And yet I breed no strife;My voice you hear both far and near,And yet I have no life.
My tongue is long, my breath is strong,And yet I breed no strife;My voice you hear both far and near,And yet I have no life.
My tongue is long, my breath is strong,
And yet I breed no strife;
My voice you hear both far and near,
And yet I have no life.
97. A waterman rows a given distance,a, and back again inbhours, and finds that he can rowcmiles with the current, fordmiles against it. Required, the time of rowing down, the time of rowing up, the rate of current, and the rate of rowing.
98.
As I was beating on the far east grounds,Up starts a hare before my two greyhounds;The dogs, being light of foot, did fairly run,To her fifteen rods, just twenty-one;And the distance that she started up before,Was six-and-ninety rods, just and no more;Now, I would have you Merry boys declareHow far they ran, before they caught the hare.
As I was beating on the far east grounds,Up starts a hare before my two greyhounds;The dogs, being light of foot, did fairly run,To her fifteen rods, just twenty-one;And the distance that she started up before,Was six-and-ninety rods, just and no more;Now, I would have you Merry boys declareHow far they ran, before they caught the hare.
As I was beating on the far east grounds,
Up starts a hare before my two greyhounds;
The dogs, being light of foot, did fairly run,
To her fifteen rods, just twenty-one;
And the distance that she started up before,
Was six-and-ninety rods, just and no more;
Now, I would have you Merry boys declare
How far they ran, before they caught the hare.
99. Is it possible to put twelve pieces of money in six rows, and have four in a row?
100. A gentleman sent a servant with a present of nine ducks, with this direction—
“To Alderman Gobble, with ix. ducks.”
The servant took out three, and contrived it so that the direction corresponded with the number of the ducks. He neither erased nor altered a letter. How did he do it?
101.
Four letters form me quite complete,As all who breathe do show;Reversed, you’ll find I am the seatOf infamy and woe.Transposed, you’ll see I’m base and mean,Again of Jewish race;Transposed once more, I oft am seenTo hide a lovely face.
Four letters form me quite complete,As all who breathe do show;Reversed, you’ll find I am the seatOf infamy and woe.Transposed, you’ll see I’m base and mean,Again of Jewish race;Transposed once more, I oft am seenTo hide a lovely face.
Four letters form me quite complete,
As all who breathe do show;
Reversed, you’ll find I am the seat
Of infamy and woe.
Transposed, you’ll see I’m base and mean,
Again of Jewish race;
Transposed once more, I oft am seen
To hide a lovely face.