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Enquire within upon everything
·
Robert Kemp Philp
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[MOCK
NOT
A
COBBLER
FOR
HIS
BLACK
THUMB.]
59.
Enigmas
are
compositions
of
a
different
character,
based
upon
ideas,
rather
than
upon
words,
and
frequently
constructed
so
as
to
mislead,
and
to
surprise
when
the
solution
is
made
known.
Enigmas
may
be
founded
upon
simple
catches,
like
Conundrums,
in
which
form
they
are
usually
called
RIDDLES,
such
as:
"Though
you
set
me
on
foot,
I
shall
be
on
my
head."
The
answer
is,
A
nail
in
a
shoe.
The
celebrated
Enigma
on
the
letter
H,
by
Miss
Catherine
Fanshawe,
but
usually
attributed
to
Lord
Byron,
commencing:
"'Twas
whispered
in
heaven,
'twas
muttered
in
hell,
And
echo
caught
faintly
the
sound
as
it
fell;"
and
given
elsewhere
in
this
volume
(See
par.
215,
page
77),
is
an
admirable
specimen
of
what
may
be
rendered
in
the
form
of
an
Enigma.
60.
Hidden
Words.
A
riddle
in
which
names
of
towns,
persons,
rivers,
&c.,
are
hidden
or
arranged,
without
transposition,
in
the
midst
of
sentences
which
convey
no
suggestion
of
their
presence.
In
the
following
sentence,
for
instance,
there
are
hidden
six
Christian
names:--Here
is
hid
a
name
the
people
of
Pisa
acknowledge:
work
at
each
word,
for
there
are
worse
things
than
to
give
the
last
shilling
for
bottled
wine.--The
names
are
Ida,
Isaac,
Kate,
Seth,
Ethel,
Edwin.
Great
varieties
of
riddles,
known
as
Buried
Cities,
Hidden
Towns,
&c.,
are
formed
on
this
principle,
the
words
being
sometimes
placed
so
as
to
read
backwards,
or
from
right
to
left.
The
example
given
will,
however,
sufficiently
explain
the
mode
of
operation.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
