Now tell me this riddle, and prove you’re no ninny.
COWPER’S RIDDLE.
I am just two and two, I am warm, I am cold,
And the parent of numbers that cannot be told;
I am lawful, unlawful,—a duty, a fault,
I am often sold dear, good for nothing when bought,
An extraordinary boon, and a matter of course,
And yielded with pleasure—when taken by force.
CANNING’S RIDDLE.
There is a word of plural number,