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They owed to him their two or three politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which at last he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that well-known charade, My first doth affliction denote, Which my second is destin'd to feel And my whole is the best antidote That affliction to soften and heal. made her quite sorry to acknowledge that they had transcribed it some pages ago already.
And as for Fred I should like to make a charade of fool-hardy, with a personal application. Did you ever act a charade, Henrietta?" "Never; I scarcely know what it is." "O charming, charming! What rare fun we will have! I wish I had not told you of fool-hardy, for now we can't have that, but this evening, O, this evening, I am no Queen Bee if you do not see what will amaze you! Alex! Alex!
She had walked a little way apart with Urania, and they two were talking somewhat earnestly. 'Those girls seem to be plotting something, said Reginald; 'a charade for to-night, perhaps. It's sure to be stupid if Urania's in it. 'You mean that it will be too clever, said Horatio. 'Yes, that kind of cleverness which is the essence of stupidity.
But now the only thing that seemed certain was the cool of the evening. "We'll light a fire and do something indoors," said Dahlia. "This is an extraordinary house," said Archie. "There isn't a single book in it, except a lot of Strand Magazines for 1907. That must have been a very wet year." "We can play games, dear." "True, darling. Let's do a charade."
Though he is the only one of our early poets who signed his works, the name was never plainly written, but woven into the verses in the form of secret runes, suggesting a modern charade, but more difficult of interpretation until one has found the key to the poet's signature. WORKS OF CYNEWULF. The only signed poems of Cynewulf are The Christ, Juliana, The Fates of the Apostles, and Elene.
"No, it's not in the charade, Monsieur Barbille," said the Man from Outside fretfully. "That is the way I read it, m'sieu'," retorted Jean Jacques, and he made a motion to the fiddler. "The dance! The dance!" he exclaimed. But yet he looked little like a man who wished to dance, save upon a grave. It is a bad thing to call down a crisis in the night-time.
Servants brought in salvers covered with numerous cool dainties, and the performers disappeared to get ready for the second charade-tableau. The three syllables of this charade were to be depicted in pantomime, and the performance took place in the following wise: First syllable.
They had been picnicking all the summer, and it was felt that the zest of novelty would be wanting to that form of entertainment; so it was decided in family counsel that a friendly dinner at home, with a little impromptu dancing, and perhaps a charade or two afterwards, would be an agreeable substitute for the usual outdoor feast. Brian, Mr.
So everyone but Mac, the gay Westerner, and Rose, took their places on the rocky seats and discussed the late beautiful and varied charade, in which Pokey frankly pronounced her own scene the "bestest of all." In five minutes the curtain was lifted; nothing appeared but a very large sheet of brown paper pinned to a tree, and on it was drawn a clock-face, the hands pointing to four.
Granted; for private enjoyment; and for private enjoyment keep them. They are not at all the less written you know, because you divide them. The couplet does not cease to be, nor does its meaning change. But take it away, and all appropriation ceases, and a very pretty gallant charade remains, fit for any collection.
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