What tempting ...... beguiled the boy to sample
Fruit that hung ...... on the parson’s trees?
...... upon ...... shall make him an example
When the stern ...... has brought him to his knees.
The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.
No. III.—A BOOK AND ITS AUTHOR
What well-known book and its author may be represented thus:—
2. A SWARM OF MISSING WORDS
No less than eight different words, spelt with the same six letters, are available to fill the gaps in the following lines:—
Man of the dark room, ...... none I find
Upon these ...... of likeness to my features.
...... then nought, O man of evil mind,
Who ...... thus to libel fellow-creatures?
Evil thus done ...... upon the doer,
The ...... in thy conduct, Sir, are many;
...... thy life, and let thy crimes be fewer,
Or all thy ...... of good won’t fetch a penny!