Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book / Three Parts in One Volume

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54. MISSING WORDS

“Oh for a ——— in this vast solitude,
This endless rise and fall of ——— and moor!”
Soliloquised a ——— in sad mood,
As through the lonely hills the staff of life he bore.

Spelt with the same five letters.

[Solution]

No. XXXIII.—A KNIGHT’S TOUR PROVERB

If the letters on these squares are taken in proper sequence they will form the words of a well-known proverb:—

				E
		E				T
			L	H
	E		R		S
		E	A	S
D		E		O		S
			S	P		M

When a starting point has been chosen for trial of this puzzle, the successive letters must occupy the squares which in every case are reached by a knight’s move at chess, until a popular proverb is formed.

[Solution]

55. “MONSTRUM HORRENDUM INFORME INGENS”