This is the completed word square:—

WASHES
ARTERY
STORMS
HERMIT
ERMINE
SYSTEM

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16.

Dr Whewell’s puzzle lines—

OONOO.
UOAOOIOU
ONOOOOMETOO.
UOAOIDOSO
IONOOIOUTOO!

read thus:—

OH SIGH FOR NO CIPHER

You sigh for a cipher, O, I sigh for you,
Sigh for no cipher, O sigh for me too.
You sigh for a cipher, I decipher so,
I sigh for no cipher, I sigh for you too!

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