The New Double Acrostics. by A.A.Y.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867. Excerpt: ... 6. A celebrated widow. 7. A celebrated runner. 8. A celebrated flitch. 38 Silence! to be this is thy praise. That, Gideon all thy doubt allays. And I was sought, So men are taught, By the heroes bold In the days of old. 1. Unpleasant in a voice. 2. Makes the face of man rejoice. 3. What none can live without. 4. A fish but not a trout. 5. This makes one very odd. 6. A very well-known water-god. 89 Neat Sweet. 1. Pussy-cat's song. 2. Lover all wrong. 3. A bow not strong. 4. For a walk not long. 40 I and my fellow Are both very yellow. 1. By nature hard, for shelter good, This is what we call our food. 2. Guarded by the fierce and fell, Italian one would do as well. 3. Weight is mine above a pound, At Heidelberg I may be found. 4. Don't you get this in climbing that new gate, In French, perchance, you 'd say that it was late. 5. Arn't you afraid of gaining such a height? Surely your Highness must be in a fright! 6. I'll bet this coin, should any of you doubt it, That there is nothing sham at all about it. 7. Though 'tis very well known that my climate is hot, My name would denote that it's certainly not. 8. This little island a small fish produces, For sauce and breakfast I believe its use is. 9. A very good protection for your stock, And sermon-writers use it for their flock. 41 Good people? who may think it right With this sometimes to quarrel, Pray try with that to make it light, And thus to point a moral. 1. A miniature man. 2. Verses to scan. 3. Guess if you can. 4. Of the country a plan. 5. Oft joined to a pan. 42 What a mess! Can't you guess? We 're both as black as coal. If you can find Us both combined, Then you 'll have caught a whole. 1. This might be sweet. 2. This mighty fleet. 3. This mighty cheat. 43 A triplet. 1. In common with others of my ...