REBUSES.
lam a favourite Irish writer ; lam composed of fifteen letters ; my 10, 1, 4, sis a bird mentioned in the New Testament ; my 2, 1, 4, sis a feeling known to all ; my 6, 5, 10 is a favourite colour with the ladies ; my 4, 13,8 , 9, 5, 14 is the sweetest of spring flowers ; my 2, 3, 7, 15, 14 is peculiar to the daytime ; my 7, 5, 12 is to be found in the Queen's crown ; my 12, 13, 6, 14, 15 is pleasantness ; my 15, 8, 6, 11, sis to be seen hi London cabs ; and my 3, 6, 5 is very expressive of anger. ii. I am composed of 14 letters; my 4, 11, 5, is what Caesar was once ; my 10, 7, 9, 8 is commenaable in a good cause ; my 5, 7, 2 is equal to two negatives; my 3, 9, 2> 14 is equal to a capital dish : my 5, 11, 12, is just like you ; my 14, 1, 5 can only be well made when the sun shines ; my 13, 11, 2 is an ancient archipelago ; and my 9, 6, lis the name of a poet's daughter ; my Itol4 is the name of a town in England mentioned in Scott's Ivanhoe.
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Observer, 21 December 1893, Page 33
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210REBUSES. Observer, 21 December 1893, Page 33
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