Home amusements : a choice collection of riddles, charades, rebuses, conundrums, parlour games, and forfeits (1840)
Puzzlewell, Peter, author, Puzzlewell, Peter. Choice collection of riddles, charades, rebusses, Grant and Griffith, publisher, S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer · London : Grant and Griffith, successors to John Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard · leaf 172
1. Mention the name of some remarkable person, and repeat an anecdote about him. 2. Recite a piece of poetry, diverting or humorous. 3. Think of some individual in history famed for his justice. 4. Tell one of the most recent of modern dis¬ coveries. 5. Keep a serious face for five minutes, 6. Sing…
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