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Anſw. a Paper kite, which mounts the
lofty air.
lofty air.
'Tis neither fleſh nor bone,
Yet it paſſes on;
By which is fairly ſhewn
The length and breadth of man.
Anſw. a Man's ſhadow, whilſt he is walking
in the ſun.
Yet it paſſes on;
By which is fairly ſhewn
The length and breadth of man.
Anſw. a Man's ſhadow, whilſt he is walking
in the ſun.
From five feet high,
Up to the ſky
It reaches although it is round:
Now try your wits,
If fancy hits,
This riddle you'll expound.
Anſw. The ſight of a man's Eye.
Up to the ſky
It reaches although it is round:
Now try your wits,
If fancy hits,
This riddle you'll expound.
Anſw. The ſight of a man's Eye.
Preferment lately was beſtow'd
Upon a man, tho' mean and ſmall;
a thouſand then about him ſhow'd,
Yet he return'd no thanks at all;
But yet their hands are ready ſtill,
To help him with their kind good will.
Anſw. a Man in the ſtocks.
Upon a man, tho' mean and ſmall;
a thouſand then about him ſhow'd,
Yet he return'd no thanks at all;
But yet their hands are ready ſtill,
To help him with their kind good will.
Anſw. a Man in the ſtocks.
From whence I came 'tis hard to tell,
But this I'm ſure is known full well,
That naughty boys for me do cry:
For me the dunce of ſchool doth hie:
That with the poor I always ſtay,
and am what miſers give away.
Anſw. Nothing.
But this I'm ſure is known full well,
That naughty boys for me do cry:
For me the dunce of ſchool doth hie:
That with the poor I always ſtay,
and am what miſers give away.
Anſw. Nothing.
There's a little ſhort gentleman,
