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Robert Kemp Philp
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RULE
XII.
That
no
gentleman
be
expected
to
escort
any
lady
home
on
foot
beyond
a
distance
of
three
miles,
unless
the
gentleman
be
positive
and
the
lady
agreeable.
RULE
THE
LAST.
That
as
the
foregoing
remarks
and
rules
are
intended,
in
perfect
good
faith
and
spirit,
to
be
considered
general
and
not
personal,
no
umbrage
is
to
be
taken,
and
the
reader
is
to
bear
in
mind
the
common
and
homely
saying,--
"Always
at
trifles
scorn
to
take
offence,
It
shows
great
pride
and
very
little
sense."
P.S.--To
save
trouble
to
both
parties,
this
invitation
be
deemed
accepted,
without
the
necessity
to
reply,
unless
refused
within
twenty-four
hours.
46.
Evening
Pastimes.
Among
the
innocent
recreations
of
the
fireside,
there
are
few
more
commendable
and
practicable
than
those
afforded
by
what
are
severally
termed
Anagrams,
Arithmorems,
Single
and
Double
Acrostics,
Buried
Cities,
&c.,
Charades,
Conundrums,
Cryptographs,
Enigmas,
Logogriphs,
Puzzles,
Rebuses,
Riddles,
Transpositions,
&c.
Of
these
there
are
such
a
variety,
that
they
are
suited
to
every
capacity;
and
they
present
this
additional
attraction,
that
ingenuity
may
be
exercised
in
the
invention
of
them,
as
well
as
in
their
solution.
Many
persons
who
have
become
noted
for
their
literary
compositions
may
date
the
origin
of
their
success
to
the
time
when
they
attempted
the
composition
of
a
trifling
enigma
or
charade.
47.
Acrostics.
The
acrostic
is
a
short
poem
in
which
the
first
letters
of
each
line,
read
collectively,
form
a
name,
word,
or
sentence.
The
word
comes
from
the
Greek
akros,
extreme,
and
stichos,
order
or
line.
The
acrostic
was
formerly
in
vogue
for
valentine
and
love
verses.
When
employed
as
a
riddle
it
is
called
a
Rebus,
which
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