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The Whetstone or, Spawn of puzzles . Being a froth collection of conumdrums. Fit for the use of the gay and polite.
Date: [1775?]- E-books
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The maiden's prize or batchelor's puzzle; being a miscellany of theological and philosophical queries. Proposed to all the ingenious married men and batchelors ... by Mrs. Ann Ward, ..
Ward, Ann, d. 1770.Date: [1770?]- E-books
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The whet-Stone: or the spawn of puzzle . Being a fresh collection of conundrums, never before publish'd.
Date: [1745]- E-books
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The key As there are ten cards, and ten lines on every card, the following ten are the first lines on the black side of each of them, viz. Want prompts the wit, and first gave birth to - - - - A rts. Riches are a crime oftener than a - - - - D efence. Poverty is the fruit of - - - - - I dleness Wedding a woman for her beauty, is like eating a bird for its - - S inging The man who asks you many questions is a spy or a - - - C oxcomb. Good-will like a good name, is gained by many actions and lost by O ne. Good men hate to commit a fault out of the love they have to - V irtue. Ill-judg'd charity is the parent of idleness and - - - - E xcess. Lust is the unbridled horse of the soul, that has thrown its - - - R ider. The vices of age are as bad, or worse than those of - - - - Y outh.
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.Date: [1780?]- E-books
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The wheel of fortune: a comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. By Richard Cumberland, Esq
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.Date: 1795- E-books
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The Whet-stone Or The spawn of the puzzle. Being a fresh collection of conundrums, never before published.
Date: In the year MDCCXLV. [1745]- E-books
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The Whetstone Or, Spawn of puzzles. Being a fresh collection of witty questions and answers, for the improvement of conversations. Part the second.
Date: [1750?]- E-books
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Delights for young men and maids or, the best book of riddles ever yet publish'd. ... To which is added, some maggots and whimsies to puzzle lovers; ... As also Cupid's cabinet open'd; or, the art of writing secret love-letters.
Date: [1730?]