During the Reign of Terror, France and her people and position were thus alphabetically described:—
| Le peuple Français | A B C. | (abaissé). |
| La gloire nationale | F A C. | (effacée). |
| Les places fortes | O Q P. | (occupées). |
| Quarante trois députés | C D. | (cédés). |
| L’armée | D P C. | (dépaysée). |
| Les ministres | A J. | (agés). |
| La liberté | O T. | (ôtée). |
| La charte | L U D. | (éludée). |
SEE-SAW
This elaborate method of piling up no less than seven consecutive “thats,” so that they make tolerable sense, was told to his boys during school-time by Dr Moberly, then headmaster of Winchester, and afterwards Bishop of Salisbury, just fifty years ago:—
I saw that C saw.
C saw that that I saw.
I saw that that that C saw was so.
C saw that, that that that I saw was so.
I saw that, that that that that C saw was so.
C saw that that, that that that that I saw was so.