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When letters five compose my name
I’m seldom seen but in a flame.
Take off one letter, then you see
That winter is the time for me.
Another take, and I appear
What many must be year by year.
No. LXXII.—TAKING THE GROUND FROM UNDER IT
Place a strip of smooth paper on a table so that it overhangs the side, as is shown in the diagram. Stand a new penny steadily on edge upon the paper.
Take hold of the paper firmly, and give it a smart, steady pull. If this is properly done it will leave the penny standing unmoved in its place.
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A shining wit pronounced of late
That water in a freezing state
Is like an acting magistrate.
What was the quibble in his pate?