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40.

If I were in the sun, and you were out of it, what would it be?

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41

I’m a word of four letters akin to the snow,
Just half of my first my third letter will show.
One fifth of my fourth my first you may call,
Of my second ’tis best to say nothing at all.

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42.

What is the chief and most natural thing for politicians to desire to do when for the time they are out in the cold, awaiting a change of Government?

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