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Enquire within upon everything
·
Robert Kemp Philp
52
69.
Rebuses
are
a
class
of
Enigma
generally
formed
by
the
first,
sometimes
the
first
and
last,
letters
of
words,
or
of
transpositions
of
letters,
or
additions
to
words.
Dr.
Johnson,
however,
represents
Rebus
to
be
a
word
represented
by
a
picture.
And
putting
the
Doctor's
definition
and
our
own
explanation
together,
the
reader
may
glean
a
good
conception
of
the
nature
of
the
Rebus
of
which
the
following
is
an
example:
The
father
of
the
Grecian
Jove;
A
little
boy
who's
blind;
The
foremost
land
in
all
the
world;
The
mother
of
mankind;
A
poet
whose
love-sonnets
are
Still
very
much
admired;--
The
initial
letters
will
declare
A
blessing
to
the
tired.
Answer--Saturn;
Love;
England;
Eve;
Plutarch.
The
initials
form
sleep.
The
excellent
little
work
mentioned
in
para.
63,
entitled
"Philosophy
and
Mirth
united
by
Pen
and
Pencil,"
has
this
novelty,
that
many
of
the
Enigmas
are
accompanied
by
enigmatical
pictures,
so
that
the
eye
is
puzzled
as
well
as
the
ear.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
