...relation was the third lady to him ? Why, mother, of course.] THE WONDERFUL LADIES. EVERY lady in this land Has twenty nails upon each hand Five and twenty on hands and feet All this is true without deceit. [As you will find, if you pause at the right places.] RIDDLE ME, RIDDLE...

...ludicrous will tend still better to show the value of just punctuation : — " Every lady in this land Hath twenty nails upon each hand ; Five and twenty on hands and feet. And this is true, without deceit." If the present points be removed, and others inserted as follow...

...ludicrous will tend still better to show the value of just punctuation : — " Every lady In this land Hath twenty nails upon each hand ; Five and twenty on hands and feet. And this is true, without deceit." If the present points be removed, and others inserted as follow...

...unintelligible; produced by the want of pauses in their right places : — Every lady in this land Hath twenty nails upon each hand; Five and twenty on hands and feet, And this is true without deceit. Punctuated thus, the true meaning will at once appear : — Every...

...the gospel in a state of beastly intoxication." A comma should of course be inserted after gospel. 6. Punctuate the following lines so as to make them express...twenty on hands and feet This is true without deceit. Points Used. — The principal Points used are the following : — THE COMMA THE DASH . THE PERIOD...

...the gospel in a state of beastly intoxication." A comma should of course he inserted after gospel. 6. Punctuate the following lines so as to make them express...twenty on hands and feet This is true without deceit. Points Used. — The principal Points used are the following : — THE PERIOD THE INTERROGATION . ....

...judgment. The following may serve to illustrate what is meant : — " Every lady in every land Hath twenty nails ; upon each hand Five ; and twenty on hands and feet. Ail this is true without deceit." AliDISON - An Ode ... 7 Paraphrase on Psalm XXIII. - - 8 AIREN -...

...hands and feet All this is true without deceit. (AS IT SHOULD BE SAID.) Every lady in this land Hath twenty nails ; upon each Hand five; and twenty on hands and feet. All this is true without deceit. As I went through the garden gate, Who should I meet but Dick Redcap,...

...found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. Every lady in this land37 Has twenty nails upon each hand Five and twenty on hands and feet. All this is true without deceit. Eye winker,88 Tom tinker, Nose dropper, Mouth eater, Chin chopper,...

...disguised by forced pointing, as in the nursery rhyme — " Every lady in the land Has twenty nails on each hand, Five and twenty on hands and feet ; This is true without deceit." This is rather puzzling, till a comma is placed after nails, five, and feet, omitting the one after...