Two articles of English make,
And three from foreign source.
All these together you must take
Where dramas run their course.
is solved by Theatres (tres, Latin for three).
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When young Hopeful said, “If it were possible I should choose a life double as long,” and old Sobersides answered, “Yes, and you might turn it to better account if it was also begun old,” and the fact that their actual words “double as long,” and “also begun old,” were spelt with exactly the same letters, gave emphasis to the reply.
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The charade—
Lop head and tail, and you will find
I have both tail and head.
Or if for spirits you’ve a mind
Set my tail first instead.
Life, as “a vapour full of woes,”
With many a darker page,
My whole in picture will disclose,
For “all the world’s a stage!”