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The mutilations in—
A little beast without its head
Becomes a mighty beast instead:
But then the subject of my riddle
Is cut asunder in the middle;
And nothing this division gains,
Though unknown quantity remains.
are Fox, ox, o, x.
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Mary sat with slate in hand,
Writing tales dramatic.
Did she steal the plots she planned?
Negative emphatic!
Stale to us the tales may be,
But at least they’re new to she!
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The old Sanscrit problem, quoted by Longfellow in his “Kavanagh,”