 What, of all things in the world, is the longest and the shortest, the swiftest and the slowest, the most divisible and the most extended, the most neglected and the most regretted, without which nothing can be done, which devours all that is little,...  Charades, enigmas, and riddles, collected by a Cantab - Strana 53podľa Charades - 1862Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Voltaire - 1762 - Počet stránok 300
...fwifteft and the floweft ; the moft divifible, and the moft extended ; the moft negleded, and the moft regretted ; without which nothing can be done ; which devours all that is little, and enlivens all that is great?" Itobad was to fpeak. He replied, that fo great a man as he did not underftand... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1809 - Počet stránok 306
...received. I will now propose to you a question, to see which of you can make the most ready reply. What of all things in the world is the longest and...the shortest, the swiftest and the slowest, the most precious, the most neglected, and without which nothing, can be dene ? lirst G. The earth. Steady,... | |
 | John Winter Jones - 1822 - Počet stránok 176
...world ? The swiftest and the slowest ? The most indivisible and the most extended ? The least valued and the most regretted? Without which nothing can be done ? Which devours all that is small, yet gives life to all that is great ? RIDDLE 180. Repondez moi, quelle est cette petite fleur,... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1823 - Počet stránok 406
...received. I will now propose to you a question, to see which of you can make the most ready reply. — What, of all things in the world, is the longest and...the shortest, the swiftest and the slowest, the most precious, the most neglected, and without which nothing can be done ? First C. The eaith. Stea. No.... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - Počet stránok 834
...received. I will now propose to you a question, to see which of you can make the most ready reply. What of all things in the world is the longest and...the shortest, the swiftest and the slowest, the most precious, the most neglected, and without which nothing can be done t 1 Coun. The earth. Steady. No.... | |
 | 1832 - Počet stránok 524
...the swiftest, and the most slow — the most divisible, and the most extended — the least valued, and the most regretted — without which nothing can be done— which devours every thing however small, and yet gives life and spirit to every object however great ? — (Time.)... | |
 | 1833 - Počet stránok 250
...Look, and your puzzled face I '11 counterfeit. What is the longest and shortest thing in the world, the swiftest and the slowest, the most divisible and the most extended, the least valued and the most regretted ; without which nothing can be done; which devours all that is... | |
 | Miss Macauley (Elizabeth Wright) - 1834 - Počet stránok 440
...very qi.ietly, while he inquired- if any present could tell him,—what of all things in the world wis the longest and the shortest, the swiftest and the slowest, the most precious, the most neglected, and without which nothing could be done.—One said it was the sun, another... | |
 | Peter Puzzlewell - 1835 - Počet stránok 234
...world ? The swiftest and the slowest ? The most indivisible and the most extended ? The least valued, and the most regretted ? Without which nothing can be done ? Which devours all that is small, yet gives life to all that is great ? KIDDLE LXXX. ROUND is my shape, my size as broad as long,... | |
 | Miss Macauley (Elizabeth Wright) - 1834 - Počet stránok 478
...qiiietly, while he inquired if any present could tell him, — what of all things in the world was the. longest and the shortest, the swiftest and the slowest, the most precious, the inost neglected, and without which nothing could be done. — One said it was the sun,... | |
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