Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 523
DE. Quoth my second, on breakfast intent, With his eyes on the luxury bent; Now please, mother, if 1 m not too late, First a whole, with dispatch, on my plate. SOL. PROGRESSIVE NUMERICAL ENIGMA. 1. Myi, 2, 3 is an evil sprite. 2. My 4, 5, 6 is to deprive a per-son of his lawful possessions. 3. My… … The answer has five words, and is a sentence frequently heard among boys and girls in the early spring. Each numeral beneath thepictures denotes a letter in that word of the answer whose place in numerical succession is indicated by that particular numeral. Thus:the numeral 2 under a picture…
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