| 单词 | anagrams |
| 例句 | But she left anyway, and he was alone in his room, searching out anagrams for mymissingpiece in a vain attempt to fall asleep. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z With more than enough time to kill, I started in again—rearranging them, trying to create anagrams, substituting different letters for others. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Those who were distracted by doing anagrams—those who were forced to make an unconscious, spontaneous gut decision—chose the best car 60 percent of the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then he had another group of people take the same test, except that this time, after giving them all of the information, he distracted them by having them do anagrams. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Okay, so anagrams. That's one. Got any other charming talents?” she asked, and now he felt confident. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z They were all masters of checkers and chess and bridge and cribbage and dominoes and anagrams and charades and Ping-Pong and billiards, as well. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There are seven basic kinds of clues, which he went on to describe as anagrams, multiple meanings, reversals, charades, container and contents, puns, and hidden clues. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z Recently we had a contest for anagrams of movie titles; this week we hark back to our broader contests of 2013 and 2004. Style Invitational Week 1318: Love the tiny tail stain* — an anagram contest 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Puns, palindromes, mirror images, anagrams and inversions: these are all pivotal to Wallinger's art, succinct devices for multiplying the nuances of meaning. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z The Loser Community has proved itself amazingly adept at rearranging letters into clever anagrams. Style Invitational Week 1318: Love the tiny tail stain* — an anagram contest 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z What they found was that students who tackled the anagrams in an orange-scented room solved more of the problems than those in other conditions, and solved them more quickly. Christmas commerce has its own sickly sweet smell 2012-12-08T17:00:00Z Conway delighted in anagrams, wordplay and subtle verbal clues that few readers would notice. Review | Agatha Christie fans, take note: Anthony Horowitz has a clever new twist on the classic whodunit 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Week 1291, movie anagrams: It’s a Wonderful Life > Sit Under a Lowlife: A chief of staff wishes he’d never been born. Style Invitational Week 1314: Bill Us Now — our ‘joint legislation’ contest 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z He communicated this idea in a Friedman-esque way, concealing it in a 1959 article on Chaucer’s anagrams, then putting the solution in an envelope to be opened after his death. ‘Decoding the Renaissance,’ at the Folger Shakespeare 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Fantasy Crime fiction Children’s literature Romance Who created plentiful pseudonyms out of anagrams of their real name? Literary Pseudonyms - quiz 2013-07-15T14:43:00Z What’s more, all the remaining words in the poem are anagrams generated from those six, except for the occasional insertion of the noun “Oulipo.” Review | On the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth’s birth, a celebration of verse 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The words from “Lick Fat Boys” reappear as poems, puzzles and anagrams, alongside studious jottings about Roland Barthes and the information theorist Abraham Moles. Art Review: ?Keith Haring: 1978-1982? at Brooklyn Museum 2012-03-22T20:22:59Z In Week 1318 we asked you to produce anagrams — text with all the letters rearranged. Style Invitational Week 1322: Back to the drawing board 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Obviously, the presence of one in this episode was an invitation for you to fill the comments section with your best anagrams made from “Sleepy Hollow” characters, actors, plot points and so on. 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: A Weird Night That Seemed Strangely Familiar 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The contest also asked for descriptions of those businesses, and among the 1,500 entries were dozens of ingenious anagrams, some sent by several people, whose descriptions didn’t quite do them justice. Style Invitational Week 1393: Another go at anagrams (O groan at a rash magnet?) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, July 1: our contest for jokes with anagrams in the punchline. Style Invitational Week 1338: Picture this 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Rearranging groups of letters is a low-energy mental game that affects me like a tablet of Xanax, with the benefit that I can make anagrams while operating heavy machinery, if I wish. Monkeys, Mysteries and Murder 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z In a ruminative essay, he once took to task the author of a book on anagrams for omitting a few gems. John Gross Dies at 75; Critic, Essayist and Editor 2011-01-12T05:15:29Z Plus the killer's into puzzles, cryptic clues, anagrams – that sort of thing. Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero; Endeavour: TV review 2013-04-22T06:00:20Z Still running — deadline Monday night, June 22: Our contest for business/product names containing anagrams. Style Invitational Week 1389: TankaWanka IV 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Carroll, whose real name was Charles Dodgson, famously loved wordplay such as anagrams. 17 facts about conspiracy theories 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z After all, Mr. Pynchon’s novels have a reputation for difficulty, but they are jam-packed with lowbrow references and gags, dirty jokes, goofy song lyrics, shameless puns, ludicrous anagrams and absurd acronyms. Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Week 1051, anagrams: “Democrats are still wobbly after the punch they took in November” anagrams to: “ ‘Knee Obama in the crotch’ vote trends up well for the lobbyist army.” Style Invitational Week 1105: A lit obit of fun — write a poem for the late of 2014 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s also not especially theatrical, as there are no characters or story beyond what’s necessary to set up the seven games viewers are asked to play, involving Spoonerisms, homophones, anagrams and the like. Review: What’s ‘Inside the Box’? A Rewarding (Rewording) Time 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z At least one industry is meeting the moment with freshly imagined anagrams, substitution ciphers and alphanumeric codes. Escape Rooms in an At-Home Era? Here’s the Key 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z If you get a kick out of these anagrams, join the Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook at on.fb.me/invdev, and the Losers and other Devs will anagram your name. Style Invitational contest Week 1295: Really now? A matter of degree. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes they made true anagrams, rearranging all the letters without repeating any; those entries are marked below. Style Invitational Week 1462: Time for a new career? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z His poems have been influenced by riddles, anagrams and Japanese slide shows called pechakucha. Sonnets That Reckon With Donald Trump’s America 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Aug. 13: our contest for anagrams of movie titles. Style Invitational Week 1292: Golly gosh, it’s Limerixicon XV 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Aug. 8: our contest for poems based on anagrams. Style Invitational: Just drop it, okay? A new neologism contest 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, the poems foregrounding verbal technique – concrete poems, a riff on anagrams, and "Pissarro's Orchard" itself – are more than makeweights. Poem of the week: Pissarro's Orchards by Marianne Burton 2013-06-24T10:20:03Z It's ordained because the lady who played the Witch on the stage and the lady who's playing the Witch in the movie, their last names are anagrams of each other. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Most of the humor, though, is inadvertent, as with the numerous characters whose names look like anagrams or maybe typographical errors. Joel Dicker’s ‘Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’: High emotion in much-hyped thriller Last week the Empress ran the totally nifty results for names of businesses or products that contained anagrams: The letters in the first half of the name were scrambled to make the second half. Style Invitational Week 1393: Another go at anagrams (O groan at a rash magnet?) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Feb. 22: Our contest for anagrams of headlines. Style Invitational Week 1424: We Bee back — a neologism contest 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Week 1412, rearrange the letters of a song title Stairway to Heaven anagrams to I Vote, He Rants Away There’s a lame duck who’s sure His election was “stole” And he’s crying at volume eleven. Style Invitational Week 1420: Singing on the job 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Recognizing that trait in each other, Seth and Kimberly bond over their parallel irregularities: his obsession with anagrams and her genetically scrambled codons. ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Review: What’s an Anagram for ‘Wonderful’? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Batman anagrams to Tab Man: In the sequel, the Caped Crusader switches to diet soda to slim down for his leotard. Style Invitational Week 1291: Film flam — movie anagrams 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Week 1337, riddles with anagrams: Q. What name change has the president proposed for the nation’s highest tribunal? Style Invitational Week 1367: Pick me up at work, okay? A come-on contest. 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The production notes proudly point out that the two characters — Ana Maria Soto and Ariana Tomosa — are anagrams, it would have been preferable if some of that cleverness had been put on screen. Ideas are scarce in 'Ana Maria in Novela Land' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The theme-and-variations format is enchanting, allowing Sondheim, the great puzzler, to treat songs almost as anagrams. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z This season was particularly intense with anagrams hidden in board games and other places. 'The Afterparty' finale: The show's leaders discuss the clues that reveal the killer in Season 2 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Then copy in your anagram and click on “check anagrams.” Style Invitational Week 1504: All set — anagram all 100 Scrabble tiles 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The app-based Wordle asks players to guess anagrams of words within a time limit - and they can pay to unlock new levels. Wordle developer donates in-app spend to charity 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z She said the team at the auctioneers "came up with all sorts of interesting anagrams", in an attempt to crack the code, to no avail. Ian Fleming cufflinks with mystery code sell at auction 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The Case Breakers also say deciphered letters from the Zodiac contain anagrams of Poste's name. Zodiac Killer: Authorities rebuff cold case team's new lead 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, the group distracted by anagrams did better on the test than ones who focused fully for four minutes. Filling Your Summer Calendar? Slow Your Roll. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Cryptic crosswords, which a UK audience might be more familiar with, are actually also quite easy for a machine, because they contain very set rules and pointers to things such as anagrams. 'I was terrible at crosswords so I built an AI to do them' 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Donald Knuth’s earliest claim to fame was at age 13, when he won a contest by finding 4,700 anagrams for ‘Ziegler’s Giant Bar’ — and was awarded chocolate for his entire class. Daily briefing: Why the coronavirus death toll in Wuhan, China, has just jumped by 50% 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Enough of puzzles within puzzles with missing letters, anagrams, etc. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This comic got the Three-Fifths Compromise wrong 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Eminently readable, it takes a relatively holistic ‘mind–body’ view of our abilities, beyond our capacity to decipher rotating polygons or shuffling anagrams. The wilder shores of brain boosting 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Fans who saw their team win believed they could do much better on seemingly unrelated tasks, such as solving anagrams or shooting darts. Why do fans riot after a win? The science behind Philadelphia's Super Bowl chaos. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z If you assume that the manuscript was written in Hebrew and that it’s written in anagrams, then it becomes much, much easier to “translate.” AI didn’t decode the cryptic Voynich manuscript — it just added to the mystery 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z "These arrived, so I then came up with devising puzzles for the postmen to work out, such as crosswords, word searches and anagrams." The strangest things sent in the post 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z He anagrams in his mind what he took, in his lingering hypnosis and pride, for “Signor” and a childlike misspelling of Less. “It’s a Summer Day” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Security specialists advise creating anagrams based on song lyrics, movie quotations or sayings. Email Attack Hits Google: What to Do if You Clicked 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z He’ll use a Faraday Pointer, a slew of anagrams and a riddle on the back of the death mask of the 14th century Italian poet to succeed. ‘Jack Reacher: Never Go Back’ and ‘Inferno’ reviews (4K UHD) 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z But this is where the assumption that the manuscript was written in anagrams becomes even more crucial. AI didn’t decode the cryptic Voynich manuscript — it just added to the mystery 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “I find exercises. We learn poems by heart. We solve anagrams.” They survived WWII. Now they live on $4.50 a day. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z A 2009 study from Northwestern University found that people were more likely to solve problems, like anagrams, when their brains were stimulated with gamma or delta waves. Artist Lia Chavez Lends Her Mind to Science 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Down to what’s going down in the show -- all the first 10 episode titles are anagrams and they figured that out immediately. 'Blindspot's' Greg Berlanti and Martin Gero talk about fan engagement and having enough tattoos 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The challenges included crosswords, anagrams, cryptograms, number and multimedia puzzles, physical challenges, mystery trails and scavenger hunts. For math teacher, solving puzzles a perfect pursuit 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Wallace took passages from Carroll’s children’s books and derived rubbish anagrams from them, changing and leaving out letters as it suited his very weird purposes. Jack the Ripper: five unlikely suspects other than Aaron Kosminski 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z They were asked to unscramble anagrams without using an answer key—which was available. Expansive Postures May Lead Us to Dishonesty 2013-07-09T17:45:03.943Z The researchers, from the University of San Diego, recruited 164 undergraduate students to complete an assignment involving anagrams. Why Cell Phone Chats Are So Distracting 2013-03-14T12:15:00Z A Trifid cypher is a complex combination of both an advanced version of the Caesar cypher and anagrams, where words are jumbled. Codebreaking contest has record year 2013-01-21T13:13:19Z You may be unsurprised to learn that anagram has several anagrams which are anagram, due to the multiple letter a. The Fiver 2012-07-24T15:23:20Z Numerous, and curious too, are the anagrams which my memory could furnish me. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z They do like dominoes, checkers, anagrams, and riddles as truly as playing tag, picking flowers, and baking cake. The Psychology of Arithmetic 2012-03-31T02:00:28.817Z Hope you're fond of anagrams, Mr. Kipps—difficult exercise—still one must do something to bring people together—better than Ludo anyhow. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Some curious anagrams have been made by these irregularities. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As anagrams have been admitted into your pages, perhaps the following, on the merits of your publication, may find a place. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z They then commenced their dance, and so arranged it, that at each turn their row of bucklers formed different anagrams. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z Amid an enormous mass of occasional verses, anagrams, epigrams, impromptus and the like, his satires and serious poems were almost buried. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z These were a rotten lot of people, and the anagrams were rotten nonsense, and he, Kipps, had been a rotten fool to come. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Now, where shall we find six good anagrams? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z As some of your readers feel an interest in anagrams, I venture to make an additional contribution. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z He danced well, drove four-in-hand, and was a very Œdipus in expounding anagrams and conundrums. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Most of this appeared anonymously; or the writers used pseudonyms or signed their names in anagrams. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The letters of each of the following anagrams may be transposed so as to spell the name of a well-known novel. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Among about a score which he quotes, there is not one that can be reckoned a tolerable anagram, while by far the greater number are no anagrams at all. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z There were forfeits of several kinds, anagrams, "kiss in the ring," and, after several other things had been proposed and tried, the parlor was given up to a royal game of blind-man's-buff. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z It consisted of anagrams of the letters of her name and involved ibises and Napoleon’s island prison of Elba. | Dueling in Meter and Metaphor 2010-12-17T14:17:44Z Oh! there are other things, children, visiting cards, frocks, skating rinks, Christian Science teas, and Saturday anagrams, but all these are but froth. The Intelligence of Woman Finally, through its name apt, it became related to the whole series of anagrams of ptah and the synonym of the pair of horns which express ap in hieratic script. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations With such an appreciation of the value of anagrams, is it surprising that the French should have produced so few good ones? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z A more difficult task is to make anagrams of advertisements. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Tula, Oaxaca, Otolum, &c., had glyphs or a kind of combined alphabet, where the letters or syllables were blended into words, as in our anagrams, and not in serial order. The Ancient Monuments of North and South America, 2nd ed. The prefaces to this are signed with anagrams of George Starkey's name. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II It is much like anagrams, this ordering of matter in an 109 essay. English: Composition and Literature The ancients were not ashamed to indulge in this intellectual pastime, and their anagrams, says Samuel Maunder, occasionally contained some happy allusion. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Intellectual pastimes, as authors, anagrams, billiards, chess, and many games with playing cards, are generally helpful. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) I am not referring to acrostics, anagrams, charades, and that sort of thing, but to puzzles that contain an original idea. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems In some spontaneous instances the writing produces anagrams, puns, nonsense verses and occasional blasphemies or obscenities; and otherwise exhibits characteristics markedly divergent from those of the normal consciousness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" She went through her scene with the little maid, and when the doors were bumped together, Mr. Grimes of the Romance Languages, a noted success at anagrams, acrostics, and charades, announced, "Dray." Tutors' Lane To me it is clear that the real cause of the prevailing dearth of anagrams is the great difficulty of producing good ones. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z But even amidst the affectation and love of anagrams and puerilities which sullied her later years Elizabeth remained a lover of letters and of all that was greatest and purest in letters. History of the English People, Volume IV This friend, whom I must not name, has since made it up to about 800 anagrams on my name, of which I have seen about 650. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I These anagrams, therefore, were either satirical or complimentary. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 George Herbert and others made anagrams and verses shaped like an altar, a cross, or a pair of Easter wings. Brief History of English and American Literature As for myself, I have ransacked in search of anagrams every hole and corner in ancient and modern literature, and have found very few samples worthy of the name. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z It would be well worth while to work out a new and somewhat more difficult “test of patience,” but with special care to avoid the puzzling features of the usual games of anagrams. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale I discovered two anagrams on his name, which are quite conclusive; the notion of gravitation was not new; but Newton went on. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I The Italian passion for devises, anagrams, emblems, and mottoes became the rage in Paris. Illuminated Manuscripts He found the girl and her mother playing anagrams. Murder at Bridge But it so happens that out of the 1200 anagrams not a single one is worth quoting. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z In the following sentence, the words printed in capitals are anagrams of the words that should occupy the same places, so as to make sense. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 And others remarked, with superior smiles, While dividing the metrical feet into miles, That the thing seemed quite simple, without any doubt, But the anagrams in it would need thinking out. The Glugs of Gosh These anagrams were often devoted to the personal attachments of love or friendship. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 No. She said she thought anagrams were silly, and wandered off the porch and down the path, calling over her shoulder that she was going to take a walk. Murder at Bridge I was on the point of relinquishing in despair my search for anagrams, when an accidental circumstance put me in possession of one of the best specimens I have met with. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z The epitaphs and mortuary verses were especially ingenious in the matter of puns, anagrams, and similar conceits. Initial Studies in American Letters He indulged in queer mystifications, covering his papers with false names and anagrams—for the police, he said, were on his track, and he must be careful. Books and Characters French and English But, perhaps, the happiest of anagrams was produced on a singular person and occasion. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 And Johnny Drake asked her to play anagrams with him, in between trips to the nursery. Murder at Bridge I think he wrote these letters for fun, as some people make puzzles, anagrams, or Limericks! The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections It was most probably the same as Euphormus, the titles being anagrams of each other. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England George Herbert and others made anagrams, and verses shaped like an altar, a cross, or a pair of Easter wings. From Chaucer to Tennyson A French poet, deeply in love, in one day sent his mistress, whose name was Magdelaine, three dozen of anagrams on her single name! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Flora—Mrs. Miles—had brought the anagrams in from the porch and left them on a table in the living room, as our guests were getting ready to leave. Murder at Bridge Amateurs of anagrams have found satisfaction in the identity of "Bonar Law" with "War Loan B." Mr. Punch's History of the Great War When this method fails, they have two others more effectual, which the learned among them call acrostics and anagrams. Gulliver's Travels He found it impossible to study conic sections; something in their calm and tantalizing respectability breathing defiantly through Mr. Rooney's fetid parlors distorted their equations into insoluble anagrams. This Side of Paradise Such was the troubled happiness of an anagrammatist: yet, adds our venerable author, notwithstanding "the sour sort of critics, good anagrams yield a delightful comfort and pleasant motion in honest minds." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Johnny has a perfect pash for anagrams, and is a wow at 'em. Murder at Bridge Few readers require to be told that anagrams and acrostics were formerly one of the most fashionable species of composition. The Lucasta Poems Who now in anagrams their patron praise, Or sing their mistress in acrostic lays? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Upon this hint the commissioner and Cunningham made anagrams of half the noble names in England, but in vain. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 There came also two anagrams to my hands, not unworthy to be owned by the rarest wits of this age.' Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Empty the contents of a box of "anagrams" on a table so all the letters are in a pile face downward. Games for Everybody One of the anagrams upon the President had, at least, peculiar signification: Abraham Lincoln: O ba! an III. charm. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form The first half, like the section in Webbe, is devoted to English versing, dealing with stanza forms, meters, rime, and conceited figures such as anagrams and verses in the form of eggs. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism I told them, then, That when I was a boy, with time to spare, I played at anagrams. Watchers of the Sky I preserve a few specimens of some of our own anagrams. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 No evidence is forthcoming that he was ever a married man, but that he occasionally let himself down from pure mathematics and high philosophy and amused himself with anagrams is plain enough. Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar The speakers are like persons who have both leisure and inclination to make riddles on their own situation, and to twist and turn every object or incident into acrostics and anagrams. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Then he began to play with the anagrams again. Sisters Charades would provide a much more exciting means of spending the evening; and, in comparison with the sights he witnesses, anagrams and acrostics are positively thrilling. Europe Revised But of unfitting anagrams, none were ever more curiously unfit than those which were discovered in Marguerite de Valois, the profligate Queen of Navarre—"Salve, Virgo Mater Dei; ou, de vertu royal image." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 What anagrams had he made on his name in youth? Ulysses I have seen Tory acrostics and Whig anagrams, and do not quarrel with either of them because they are Whigs or Tories, but because they are anagrams and acrostics. Essays and Tales "Yes," said Minard, "the versification has taste; there are some really fine lines in it, and I admit to you that I think this sort of literature rather above the anagrams of Master Colleville." The Lesser Bourgeoisie "Do you think we have time to bother ourselves with your intolerable anagrams when the worthy Monsieur de la Billardiere has just expired?" Bureaucracy And yet," said Minard, "I can assure you he attaches the greatest importance to that rubbish, and apropos to his anagrams, as, indeed, about many other things, he is not a little puffed up. The Lesser Bourgeoisie Colleville had the sense to seem stupid; he boasted of his family happiness, and gave himself unheard-of trouble in making anagrams, in order at times to seem absorbed in that passion. The Lesser Bourgeoisie There is another near relation of the anagrams and acrostics, which is commonly called a chronogram. Essays and Tales |
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