1825. Conundrums.—These are simple catches, in which the sense is playfully cheated, and are generally founded upon words capable of double meaning. The following are examples.
1826. If a person were looking at a conflagration by the names of what three great British writers, could he express his emotions?
1827. Dickens, How-itt Burns!
1828. The name of what class of persons, in Rome, might a bear be supposed to say when he was licking his paws after having eaten a little girl?
1829. Gladiator—Glad I ate her.