Quiet Hours With The Quick Witted
Victorian Riddles
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From "Good Housekeeping," January 19, 1889, p. 141.
1. What is that condition of life from which if you take all trouble there will yet remain some?
2. What was it that Livingstone had once, Lincoln twice and Longfellow three times and yet each had about him all his lifetime?
3. In all this old world's days and years,
My first, ah me, how bad it is!
And when the Autumn, gray, appears,
My last (misspelled), how sad it is!
But sure my whole the heart endears,
Which it described, —how glad it is!
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From "Good Housekeeping," January 5, 1889, p. 118.
Industrious's my first, I ween,
In households where 'tis often seen;
And when the wrong you may pursue,
My first you then should quickly do;
Second and third ne'er brings success,
Nor power does it e'er possess;
Homeless and friendless in the street,
My Total you often chance to meet.
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From "Good Housekeeping," March 2, 1889, p. 214.
My first is in Flour but not in Rye,
My second is in Wet but not in Dry,
My third is in Bellow but not in Cry;
My fourth is in Rod but never in Whip,
My fifth is in Running but never in Skip,
My sixth is in Yawl but never in Ship;
My seventh is in Error but not in Miss
My eight in ecstasy not in Bliss,--
My whole, alas, for its cold, cold kiss!
From "Good Housekeeping," January 19, 1889, p. 141.
1. What is that condition of life from which if you take all trouble there will yet remain some?
2. What was it that Livingstone had once, Lincoln twice and Longfellow three times and yet each had about him all his lifetime?
3. In all this old world's days and years,
My first, ah me, how bad it is!
And when the Autumn, gray, appears,
My last (misspelled), how sad it is!
But sure my whole the heart endears,
Which it described, —how glad it is!
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From "Good Housekeeping," January 5, 1889, p. 118.
Industrious's my first, I ween,
In households where 'tis often seen;
And when the wrong you may pursue,
My first you then should quickly do;
Second and third ne'er brings success,
Nor power does it e'er possess;
Homeless and friendless in the street,
My Total you often chance to meet.
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From "Good Housekeeping," March 2, 1889, p. 214.
My first is in Flour but not in Rye,
My second is in Wet but not in Dry,
My third is in Bellow but not in Cry;
My fourth is in Rod but never in Whip,
My fifth is in Running but never in Skip,
My sixth is in Yawl but never in Ship;
My seventh is in Error but not in Miss
My eight in ecstasy not in Bliss,--
My whole, alas, for its cold, cold kiss!
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Answers to the above puzzles:
From "Good Housekeeping," January 19, 1889, p. 141.
1. Trouble-some
2. The letter L.
3. Sin-cere
From "Good Housekeeping," January 5, 1889, p. 118.
Answer: Mend. I can't. Mendicant (beggar).
From "Good Housekeeping," March 2, 1889, p. 214.
Answer: February
From "Good Housekeeping," January 19, 1889, p. 141.
1. Trouble-some
2. The letter L.
3. Sin-cere
From "Good Housekeeping," January 5, 1889, p. 118.
Answer: Mend. I can't. Mendicant (beggar).
From "Good Housekeeping," March 2, 1889, p. 214.
Answer: February
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