A defeat whose test is very sure—

so that the same letters form an appropriate proverb?

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No. CXXI.—DOMINO SQUARE

Its cells add up in columns and rows to 22, and those of the corner squares add up to 10 and 12 respectively.

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104. PHONETIC MISSING WORDS

’Tis ..... that no one takes a .....
To .... a .... of ....s;
A .... may often take a ....
To .... away the ....s.

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