Chapter 8

25.pictorial puzzle

25.pictorial puzzle

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26.pictorial puzzle

26.pictorial puzzle

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27. If a fender cost six dollars, what will a ton of coal come to?

28. What word is that to which if you add a syllable, it will make it shorter?

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My first is a very uncomfortable state,In cold weather it mostly abounds.My second’s an instrument formed of hard steel,That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel,And when used, is a symptom of hate.My whole is an author of greatest renown,Whose fame to the last day of time will go down.

My first is a very uncomfortable state,In cold weather it mostly abounds.My second’s an instrument formed of hard steel,That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel,And when used, is a symptom of hate.My whole is an author of greatest renown,Whose fame to the last day of time will go down.

My first is a very uncomfortable state,

In cold weather it mostly abounds.

My second’s an instrument formed of hard steel,

That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel,

And when used, is a symptom of hate.

My whole is an author of greatest renown,

Whose fame to the last day of time will go down.

30. What is the longest and yet the shortest thing in the world; the swiftest and yet the slowest; the most divisible and the most extended; the least valued and the most regretted; without which nothing can be done; which devours every thing, however small, and yet gives life and spirits to every object, however great?

31.

My first is found in every house,From wintry winds it guards.My second is the highest found—In every pack of cards.My whole, a Scottish chief, is praisedBy ballad, bard, and story,Who for his country gave his life,And, dying, fell with glory.

My first is found in every house,From wintry winds it guards.My second is the highest found—In every pack of cards.My whole, a Scottish chief, is praisedBy ballad, bard, and story,Who for his country gave his life,And, dying, fell with glory.

My first is found in every house,

From wintry winds it guards.

My second is the highest found—

In every pack of cards.

My whole, a Scottish chief, is praised

By ballad, bard, and story,

Who for his country gave his life,

And, dying, fell with glory.

32. Why are handsome women like bread?

33. Why is an avaricious man like one with a short memory?

34. What river in Bavaria answers the question, Who is there?

35. Why is a man with wooden legs like one who has an even bargain?


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