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Robert Kemp Philp
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[AS
A
MAN
LIVES,
SO
SHALL
HE
DIE.]
48.
Acrostics
(Double).
This
very
fashionable
riddle
is
a
double
Rebus,
the
initial
and
final
letters
of
a
word
or
words
selected
making
two
names
or
two
words.
The
usual
plan
is
to
first
suggest
the
foundation
words,
and
then
to
describe
the
separate
words,
whose
initials
and
finals
furnish
the
answer
to
the
question.
Thus:
A
Party
to
charm
the
young
and
erratic--
But
likely
to
frighten
the
old
and
rheumatic.
1
The
carriage
in
which
the
fair
visitants
came:
2
A
very
old
tribe
with
a
very
old
name;
3
A
brave
Prince
of
Wales
free
from
scandal
or
shame.
The
answer
is
Picnic.
1
P
Phaeton
N
2
I
Iceni
I
3
C
Caradoc
C
Sometimes
the
Double
Acrostic
is
in
prose,
as
in
this
brief
example:
A
Briton
supports
his
wig,
his
grand-mother,
his
comfort,
and
his
country-women.
The
answer
is,
Beef--Beer:
Bob,
Eve,
Ease,
Fair.
49.
Acrostics
(Triple)
are
formed
on
the
same
plan,
three
names
being
indicated
by
the
initial,
central,
and
final
letters
of
the
selected
words.
50.
Anagrams
are
formed
by
the
transposition
of
the
letters
of
words
or
sentences,
or
names
of
persons,
so
as
to
produce
a
word,
sentence,
or
verse,
of
pertinent
or
of
widely
different
meaning.
They
are
very
difficult
to
discover,
but
are
exceedingly
striking
when
good.
The
following
are
some
of
the
most
remarkable:
Words
Transpositions
Astronomers............
No
more
stars.
Catalogues..............Got
as
a
clue.
Elegant
................Neat
leg.
Impatient...............Tim
in
a
pet.
Immediately.............I
met
my
Delia.
Masquerade
.............Queer
as
mad.
Matrimony...............Into
my
arm.
Melodrama...............Made
moral.
Midshipman..............Mind
his
map.
Old
England.............Golden
land.
Parishioners............I
hire
parsons.
Parliament..............Partial
men.
Penitentiary............Nay
I
repeat
it.
Presbyterian............Best
in
prayer.
Radical
Reform..........Rare
mad
frolic.
Revolution..............To
love
ruin.
Sir
Robert
Peel.........Terrible
poser.
Sweetheart..............There
we
sat.
Telegraphs..............Great
helps.
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