188.
188.
An emblem of stupidity,My first in forests found;Up in air oft rises high,Though fastened to the ground,But by sharp means it is removed,And managed various ways;By art or skill may be improved,Or, perhaps, it makes a blaze.My second is of every kind,Is good, or bad, or gay;Is dull or bright, to suit all minds,By night as well as day.The patient seaman keeps with care my whole,And well it knows his secrets night and day;And though it has no tongue, nor heart, nor soul,It tells the story of the ship’s long way.
An emblem of stupidity,My first in forests found;Up in air oft rises high,Though fastened to the ground,But by sharp means it is removed,And managed various ways;By art or skill may be improved,Or, perhaps, it makes a blaze.My second is of every kind,Is good, or bad, or gay;Is dull or bright, to suit all minds,By night as well as day.The patient seaman keeps with care my whole,And well it knows his secrets night and day;And though it has no tongue, nor heart, nor soul,It tells the story of the ship’s long way.
An emblem of stupidity,
My first in forests found;
Up in air oft rises high,
Though fastened to the ground,
But by sharp means it is removed,
And managed various ways;
By art or skill may be improved,
Or, perhaps, it makes a blaze.
My second is of every kind,
Is good, or bad, or gay;
Is dull or bright, to suit all minds,
By night as well as day.
The patient seaman keeps with care my whole,
And well it knows his secrets night and day;
And though it has no tongue, nor heart, nor soul,
It tells the story of the ship’s long way.
189. There is a word of six letters. Take off three letters at either end, and add another letter, and it will make one of the most useful members of the body.
190.
Tell me why is it, if you lendBut forty dollars to a friend,It does your kindness more commendThan if five hundred you should send?
Tell me why is it, if you lendBut forty dollars to a friend,It does your kindness more commendThan if five hundred you should send?
Tell me why is it, if you lend
But forty dollars to a friend,
It does your kindness more commend
Than if five hundred you should send?
191. What is that which is less tired the longer it runs?
192. Why is a tailor finishing your pants like a polite host serving his guests with water-fowl?
193. What was a month old at Cain’s birth, that is not five weeks old now?
family
194. What looks worse on a lady’s foot than a darned stocking?
195. Which of the girls can answer questions best?
196. What is the shape of a kiss?
197.
My first is a busy industrious thing,Without which no bundle your porter can bring;My second is nothing to speak of, yet standsFor thousands and millions, in money or lands;My third is a question we meet every day,Relating to things we do, think, or say;My whole is the questioner—once it was you,If not, ’twas your brother, or cousin, or—whew!It was somebody else whom your grandmother knew.
My first is a busy industrious thing,Without which no bundle your porter can bring;My second is nothing to speak of, yet standsFor thousands and millions, in money or lands;My third is a question we meet every day,Relating to things we do, think, or say;My whole is the questioner—once it was you,If not, ’twas your brother, or cousin, or—whew!It was somebody else whom your grandmother knew.
My first is a busy industrious thing,
Without which no bundle your porter can bring;
My second is nothing to speak of, yet stands
For thousands and millions, in money or lands;
My third is a question we meet every day,
Relating to things we do, think, or say;
My whole is the questioner—once it was you,
If not, ’twas your brother, or cousin, or—whew!
It was somebody else whom your grandmother knew.
198. I am composed of four letters. We do not 4 2 3, 1 4 2 3, 2 3, 3 4 2.
199.
My first is a preposition.“ second implies more than one.“ third is a pronoun.“ fourth some people do not pay.“ whole is not consistent.
My first is a preposition.“ second implies more than one.“ third is a pronoun.“ fourth some people do not pay.“ whole is not consistent.
My first is a preposition.
“ second implies more than one.
“ third is a pronoun.
“ fourth some people do not pay.
“ whole is not consistent.
200.
I am a word of four letters often used in prayer.Transposed, I become what every one professes.Transposed again, I become an adjective, the qualities of which every one despises.Transposed again, I am part of a horse.
I am a word of four letters often used in prayer.Transposed, I become what every one professes.Transposed again, I become an adjective, the qualities of which every one despises.Transposed again, I am part of a horse.
I am a word of four letters often used in prayer.
Transposed, I become what every one professes.
Transposed again, I become an adjective, the qualities of which every one despises.
Transposed again, I am part of a horse.