165.165. What part of the horse resembles you?
165.
165. What part of the horse resembles you?
166. Why is a horse like the prophet Elijah?
167. Why is a new married man like a horse?
168. Why is it profitable to keep fowl?
169. My first is a collection of water; my second is used when speaking of myself; my third is a fruit; my whole is a town in Hindostan.
170. “Thomas,” said Charles, “you are good at figures, please give me afigurativeanswer to this question:—What ought one to do who arrives at a friend’s house too late for dinner?”
Thomas, after thinking a little, wrote the following—1028,40. What was his meaning?
171. A teacher, having fifteen young ladies under her care, wished them to take a walk each day of the week. They were to walk in five divisions of three ladies each but no two ladies were to be allowed to walk together twice during the week. How could they be arranged to suit the above conditions?
172.
My first is a letter, an insect, a word,That means to exist; it moves like a bird.My next is a letter, a small part of man,’Tis found in all climes; search where you can.My third is a something seen in all brawls.My next you will find in elegant halls.My last is the first of the last part of day,Is ever in earnest, yet never in play.My whole gives a light, by some men abhorred,The blessings from which no pen can record.
My first is a letter, an insect, a word,That means to exist; it moves like a bird.My next is a letter, a small part of man,’Tis found in all climes; search where you can.My third is a something seen in all brawls.My next you will find in elegant halls.My last is the first of the last part of day,Is ever in earnest, yet never in play.My whole gives a light, by some men abhorred,The blessings from which no pen can record.
My first is a letter, an insect, a word,
That means to exist; it moves like a bird.
My next is a letter, a small part of man,
’Tis found in all climes; search where you can.
My third is a something seen in all brawls.
My next you will find in elegant halls.
My last is the first of the last part of day,
Is ever in earnest, yet never in play.
My whole gives a light, by some men abhorred,
The blessings from which no pen can record.
173. What number is that, which, added separately to 100 and 164, shall make them perfect squares?
174. Why is the letter F like death?
175. Why are mortgages like burglars?
176.
I’m composed of letters four,A turkey, cock, or hen;Behead me, and I upward soar.Put on my head again,Transpose me, then a beast I am,Both bloodthirsty and wild,That preys on many a helpless lamb,And oft devours a child.
I’m composed of letters four,A turkey, cock, or hen;Behead me, and I upward soar.Put on my head again,Transpose me, then a beast I am,Both bloodthirsty and wild,That preys on many a helpless lamb,And oft devours a child.
I’m composed of letters four,
A turkey, cock, or hen;
Behead me, and I upward soar.
Put on my head again,
Transpose me, then a beast I am,
Both bloodthirsty and wild,
That preys on many a helpless lamb,
And oft devours a child.
177. I am a word of three letters, signifying to spoil or injure. Transposed, I am an animal. Transposed again, I am a part of the human frame.