“ I am a word in very common use. You will find me more than once upon almost or quite every page, whether a monosyllable, or dissyllable, or a polysyllable is to be found out; but this much is told: my first and last letter is the same; and my first three and my last three spell the same word. A useful article this of personal decoration. My interior is remarkable. Viewed one way, you laugh; viewed another, you sigh. I am an etymological stumble, and a novice hardly ever knows where to find me. To a Frenchman and a German I am an abhorrence. They never learn me so as even to call my name. ”

“ My whole is the name of an authoress, highly popular with both old and young.
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My first, from the frozen North comes down
In snowy mantle dressed;
And the smiling earth grows bare and brown,
Where’er his steps have pressed,
The flowers close up each sparkling eye,
And hide in the earth till he passes by.
But when bleak winds and frosts are gone,
’Mid April’s smiles and tears,
My second’s hue the earth puts on,
And summer beauty wears;
And tuneful birds and opening flowers
Invite you to the forest bowers. ”

“ When the night shadows grow deep,
We draw around you the curtains of sleep.
When into dream-land we’ve locked you up tight,
Until the morn brings her bright keys of light,
Guess who like sentinels guarding you lie,—
Look—we’re before you now—black and gray eye.
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I am born of a moment, as every one knows,
And rival the tints of the loveliest rose;
There are many who think me the offspring of shame,
But I’m oftener found in sweet modesty’s train;
E’en poets have made me the theme of their muse,
And painters have studied my delicate hues:
Yet, would you believe it! ”

“ A third time transpose me, ah! shun me, and run,
For wretched and sinful I’m then.
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Pray, discover a part of the human frame,
Which divided, another will make,
A member, whose function is also made known,
If the letters you rightly shall take:
Again, it will show what another one does,
And that which is made by a third,
But each of these members return to my whole,
(When transposed) , which no doubt you have heard.
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Unbroken I am a term sometimes applied to the atmosphere; remove my first, and I am a king famed in tragedy ”

“ Behead me, and I become an article much used by carpenters. Take away another letter, and I shall not be well.
15
A part of the hand you transpose right,
You’ll find it’s what you use at night.
16
Entire I am a vegetable. Cut off my tail, and I am a small insect. Put on my tail, and take away my third letter, and I am what gamblers often do. ”

“ To a songster that’s famed for melodious song.
47
What two consonants and one vowel can be so arranged as to spell the name of an animal, a name applied to a particular class of men, and a word expressing human ability?
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Entire, I’m considered rude by some,
Behead me, and a weed I then become,
Exchange my head, and then there will be seen
An animal that boundeth on the green.
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Again, if of my head I am bereft,
A verb is all that you’ll discover left;
Transpose me now, an organ I shall be,
That very oft in churches you may see. ”

“ In an every-day word (with but six letters in it)
You will find a few things which are worthy attention;
I will give you a clue, and I think in a minute
You’ll not find it much trouble those few things to mention.
Take four of the letters, and if they’re placed rightly,
They one drop of liquid will bring to your view;
Cut off the last letter, and then see what nightly
Is drank by the many, and not by the few.
Now mix up the letters, and four more take out;
To make what all animals always possess. ”

“ Transpose me, I’m perhaps in the hold;
Transpose me again, with the cargo I’m placed,
’Mongst the goods which the artist has sold.
Now change me again,
And the Bible will say
How I guided the mariner
Safe on his way.
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I am a word of evil import. Without my hat I am almost as bad; place my wig at my feet, I am no better; my last two letters make me slightly ill, and with my second, fourth, and fifth letters transposed, I am utterly false.
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A strong desire to gain my whole
Has many a politician made,
More than a yearning in the soul,
With love of country, I’m afraid ”

“ The subject of a pretty Scotch song, and the place in the family most missed by the absent. The first four letters form the name of a cruel master. Take my second, third, and fourth, and it is a wicked passion. The last four letters form a part of the animal body. Put the fifth letter after the last three, and you will see a term used among the ancient Romans in regard to time. Transpose the first four, and it means prevailing. Transpose the last three, and, as a noun, it is anxiously watched by the gambler; and, as a verb, puts an end to earthly joys and sorrows. ”

“ Who are we? When in the morning you rise
We let the sunshine down into your eyes.
Then we go playing before you all day,
Dark things we brighten, and soften the gay.
Oh! we make half the world’s beauty for you. ”

“ But, although of such dignity, besides having my face disfigured, I am continually spit upon, and trodden under foot by all mankind, who seem to value me only for my good looks—without them, I am despised. ”

“ There is a certain natural production neither animal, vegetable, nor mineral. It generally exists from two to six feet above the surface of the earth. It has neither length, breadth, nor substance. It is neither male nor female, but commonly exists between both. ”

“ Isaiah Bebee, you are too cross, and your ideas are too empty to amuse any one; you are too epicurean to exercise your energies; nothing excuses, nothing extenuates your excesses, for you ought to be wiser. ”

“ As beams which were stolen from eye of a star.
His joy is to frisk from the sunset to dawn;
When morn comes, the pride of his beauty is gone!
In tropical climates he oft’nest doth dwell,
He lighteth the savage—hast never heard tell?
’Tis growing quite dark; oh, I wish he were nigh;
Perchance he would give me his lamps to see by.
27
My first is equality, my second inferiority, and my whole superiority.
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I am composed of nine letters.
My first is a name appropriated to a certain class of foreigners. It is also a nickname.
My second is an article. ”

“ I am composed of 22 letters.
My 14, 16, 10, 7, was the founder of Kentucky.
My 11, 13, 16, 4, 8, 19, 1, is the Empire State of the South.
My 18, 3, 7, 6, 12, the cause of the late panic.
My 1, 15, 17, 6, 4, 21, 15, what young ladies love to be.
My 17, 10, 9, 21, 22, 20, what they ought to be.
My 2, 1, 20 is an animal.
My whole is a familiar proverb.
9
I am composed of 21 letters. ”

“ And cause republicans to cower.
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13 A WORD OF FIVE LETTERS.
If you my first by two divide,
My fifth it will produce;
Which, if you will by ten divide,
My third you may peruse.
Again my third by five divide,
My second will appear;
My second then by one divide,
You’ll see my fourth quite clear;
My whole at once you’ll plainly see,
Which I advise you all to be.
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We two, when together, incite division,
Yet either one of us preserves unity, and is ever present with every man.
Bound together, we are leaders of harmony,
Then, joining our heads, we lead armies. ”

“ Can ever rightly count my second.
16
My first is an article in daily use.
My second spells the twentieth letter of the alphabet.
My third, if you prefix the letters, will name a declivity.
My whole is an animal.
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My first is a part of the human face. ”

“ Des two things matching one another, blunts definite article, edge of tavern powdered earth a grain.
41
Purchase for obtain repleteness of tavern men impaneled to weigh evidence, we exhibit sixty minutes selves one more exalted twice one them.
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There are more than twenty-nine different articles in my garden, each of which is a family surname. Who will name them?
43
I am a verb, a small word of six letters; something that every one should strive to do. But I am a very comprehensive little word, for in me may be found—
1. An entreaty. 2. A vendue. 3. A vegetable. 4. ”

“ Why is a church spire like Antrim county, Ireland?
33. When we ask the cities of Europe what novelists are called, which one replies?
34. What bad effect does the letter B have upon sunshine?
35. Who is always ready to reply to any question?
36. What young lady is the most pugnaciously disposed?
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37. What young lady most interferes with the serenity of our sanctum?
38. Why can you never believe a man who always fulfills his promises?
39. When may a man be said to be thinner than a shingle?
40. What is more desirable for man than good quarters? ”

“ I am originally a descendant of rags, but, in spite of my mean origin, I boast one of the most numerous families in the world. I wear the countenance of a man, varying in complexion from crimson to azure ”

“ What two letters express what you ought to do all things?
15. What two letters express an impoverished purse?
16. What four letters express a good drink for a cold?
17. What two letters name a river in America?
18. What two letters name a county in England?
19. Why is it easy to break into an old man’s house?
20. What is the quickest way to make a thin man fat?
21. How much land is like a decayed tooth? ”

“ Properly to enjoy this amusement, it is necessary to be provided with a box of letters, from which may be selected those forming the anagram. Place the letters on a book or table, and continue to transpose them until the original word is discovered. A whole room full of people may be entertained in this manner. ”

“ What kind of likeness can you spell with three letters?
3. Why is intemperance like a worn-out coat?
4. How can you prove that seven is half of twelve?
5. Why should a market-gardener always be punctual?
6. If you throw a chip into the water, what does it become?
7. How does a locomotive at full speed resemble idleness? ”

“ When one will not, two can not quarrel.
22. A great many of our difficulties may be overcome by assiduity and proper diligence. Mischief lurks under dissimulation.
23. Draw a horizontal line from the shoulders of one dog to the tail of the other, and from the fore legs of one to the hind legs of the other.
24. Hasten. (a, an, hat, he, neat, eat, then, at, than, ah!) There are other words out of which may be made all the parts of speech.
25. Facetiously, Abstemiously.
26. Comic.
27. Clod.
28. Ere long expect a great overturning and uprising in Europe. ”

“ Behead—a weapon next appears;
Behead again—transpose—and lo!
I now excite the truant’s fears.
’Tis something strange, and though there be
Three letters left, but one you see.
25
What city is there, whose name, if transposed, will give you a name considered very disgraceful in the time of the revolutionary war; transposed again, you have a term applied to one not very proficient.
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A nice place to stroll in when evenings are fair,
My letters will make, if arranged with due care ”

“ A silicious mineral of various colors.
63. A large amphibious animal, of rapacious nature.
64. A possessive pronoun, and a covering.
65. A boy’s nickname, and a preposition.
66. An adjective, and one of the battle-fields of Mexico.
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NAMES OF BIRDS. 67. The bird that was in Eden.
68. The bird that cheats.
69. A chess-man.
70. A letter.
71. An architect.
72. A country in Europe.
73. The bird that’s full of mischief and fun.
74. The bird that raises great weights.
75. The bird that is part of a fence.
76. The bird that is always in fear.
77. The bird that assists at your meals. ”

“ The final letters—if you careful note—
Will tell you of a poem which he wrote.
4
A fruit, and where it grows.
1. A division.
2. Where the lion sleeps.
3. A Russian proclamation.
4. A spice.
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The promoter of much discord in a family, and its ally.
1. A pet name for an animal.
2. A person whose mental capabilities would never fit him for a Senator.
3. A river in Europe.
4. A Roman emperor.
5. A bird.
6
A token and its receptacle.
1. Is of long continuance.
2. A beautiful tree.
3. Was a king of Thrace.
4. A flower named after a goddess.
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A place for vessels, and a liquor. ”

“ N always place not on money-drawer a future day w an article of dress tin cup insect d 1⁄2 of 2 present time.
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Get a piece of writing-paper, and cut the pattern of a miniature horse-shoe: divide the figure into six pieces, by only two straight cuts with a pair of scissors. The paper must not be bent or creased.
37
Find the original word of eight letters in which each separate word of the following sentence may be found.
“A rare chase! See, he reaches her. Ah! she has her cares, her ear aches.” ”

“ Do you know of any word entirely composed of vowels?
28. When does a bonnet resemble a useless search?
29. When are bad dispositions and flour alike?
30. What cordial is Dally’s Pain Extractor like?
31. What nations do poor people like best? ”

“ A nickname, and a verb.
5. A vegetable, and a partition.
6. What some men delight in, and a weight.
7. Novel, and a name for fashion.
8. A crossing, and a harbor.
9. Clear, and a portion of real estate.
NAMES OF PLACES IN ILLINOIS. 10. A royal title, and a weight.
11. Being between, and a place of safety for vessels. ”

“ Opium and beer, effeminacy and tears, are usually enemies to energy, and ought to be especially odious to you, dear Ellen.
7. Oh! Emily, benign and effeminate, before you extenuate any excess, see a wise Deity.
8. Our own caprice is more extravagant than the caprice of fortune.
9. FIVE.—V.
10. Cicero’s orations are superior to any orations of other Roman orators extant.
11. Cow.
12. Mandate.
13. Civil.
14. II (Two I’s.—H. A. X. V.)
15. ”