BACKWARD AND FORWARD There,* are certain sentences which can be read backward and forward. The best known are these two, the first being Adam’s supposed remark to Eve: “ Madam, I’m Adam,” and the second Napoleon’s statement: “ Abie was I ere 1 saw Elba.” But many other sentences can be made up to road backward and forward alike. Repel evil as a live leper. Nor 1 nor Emma had level’d a hammer on iron. Snug and raw was I ere 1 saw war and guns. Rod root put up to order. No. it is opposed, art sees trades opposition. Stop, Rose, I prefer pies or pots. .Draw no dray a yard onward.
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Evening Star, Issue 22364, 13 June 1936, Page 6
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111Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 22364, 13 June 1936, Page 6
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