The Canterbury Puzzles: And Other Curious ProblemsE.P. Dutton and Company, 1908 - 194 |
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... five pints , and the other of three pints . Pray show how it is possible for me to put a true pint into each of the measures . " Of course , no other vessel or article is to be used , and no marking of the measures is allowed . It is a ...
... five pints , and the other of three pints . Pray show how it is possible for me to put a true pint into each of the measures . " Of course , no other vessel or article is to be used , and no marking of the measures is allowed . It is a ...
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... next we do make a halt . There be thirty of us in all riding over the common this morn . Truly we may ride one and one , in what they do call the single file , or two and two , or three and three , or five and 10 THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES.
... next we do make a halt . There be thirty of us in all riding over the common this morn . Truly we may ride one and one , in what they do call the single file , or two and two , or three and three , or five and 10 THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES.
Strona 11
... five and five , or six and six , or ten and ten , or fifteen and fifteen , or all thirty in a row . In no other way may we ride so that there be no lack of equal numbers in the rows . Now , a party of pilgrims were able to thus ride in ...
... five and five , or six and six , or ten and ten , or fifteen and fifteen , or all thirty in a row . In no other way may we ride so that there be no lack of equal numbers in the rows . Now , a party of pilgrims were able to thus ride in ...
Strona 14
... five out of the eleven pilgrims can eat the pie , but will not touch the pasty , while four will eat the pasty but turn away from the pie . Moreover , the two that do remain be able and willing to eat of either . By my halidame , is ...
... five out of the eleven pilgrims can eat the pie , but will not touch the pasty , while four will eat the pasty but turn away from the pie . Moreover , the two that do remain be able and willing to eat of either . By my halidame , is ...
Strona 15
... five of them . The Sompnour suggested that they should draw lots , and as he had had experience in such matters in the summoning of juries and in other ways , he arranged the company in a circle and proposed a count out . " Being of a ...
... five of them . The Sompnour suggested that they should draw lots , and as he had had experience in such matters in the summoning of juries and in other ways , he arranged the company in a circle and proposed a count out . " Being of a ...
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