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  (3) None of the cricketers row;

  (4)
My
friends in this College all come from Eton;

  (5) All the Scholars are rowing-men.

Univ.
“men in this College”;
a
 = cricketers;
b
 = dining at the higher table;
c
 = Etonians;
d
 = my friends;
e
 = rowing-men;
h
 = Scholars.

42.

  (1) There is no box of mine here that I dare open;

  (2) My writing-desk is made of rose-wood;

  (3) All my boxes are painted, except what are here;

  (4) There is no box of mine that I dare not open, unless it is full of live scorpions;

  (5) All my rose-wood boxes are unpainted.

Univ.
“my boxes”;
a
 = boxes that I dare open;
b
 = full of live scorpions;
c
 = here;
d
 = made of rose-wood;
e
 = painted;
h
 = writing-desks.

43.

  (1) Gentiles have no objection to pork;

  (2) Nobody who admires pigsties ever reads Hogg’s poems;

  (3) No Mandarin knows Hebrew;

  (4) Every one, who does not object to pork, admires pigsties;

  (5) No Jew is ignorant of Hebrew.

Univ.
“persons”;
a
 = admiring pigsties;
b
 = Jews;
c
 = knowing Hebrew;
d
 = Mandarins;
e
 = objecting to pork;
h
 = reading Hogg’s poems.

44.

  (1) All writers, who understand human nature, are clever;

  (2) No one is a true poet unless he can stir the hearts of men;

  (3) Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet”;

  (4) No writer, who does not understand human nature, can stir the hearts of men;

  (5) None but a true poet could have written “Hamlet.”;

Univ.
“writers”;
a
 = able to stir the hearts of men;
b
 = clever;
c
 = Shakespeare;
d
 = true poets;
e
 = understanding human nature;
h
 = writer of ‘Hamlet.’

45.

  (1) I despise anything that cannot be used as a bridge;

  (2) Everything, that is worth writing an ode to, would be a welcome gift to me;

  (3) A rainbow will not bear the weight of a wheel-barrow;

  (4) Whatever can be used as a bridge will bear the weight of a wheel-barrow;

  (5) I would not take, as a gift, a thing that I despise.

Univ.
“things”;
a
 = able to bear the weight of a wheel-barrow;
b
 = acceptable to me;
c
 = despised by me;
d
 = rainbows;
e
 = useful as a bridge;
h
 = worth writing an ode to.

46.

  (1) When I work a Logic-example without grumbling, you may be sure it is one that I can understand;

  (2) These Soriteses are not arranged in regular order, like the examples I am used to;

  (3) No easy example ever make my head ache;

  (4) I ca’n’t understand examples that are not arranged in regular order, like those I am used to;

  (5) I never grumble at an example, unless it gives me a headache.

Univ.
“Logic-examples worked by me”;
a
 = arranged in regular order, like the examples I am used to;
b
 = easy;
c
 = grumbled at by me;
d
 = making my head ache;
e
 = these Soriteses;
h
 = understood by me.

47.

  (1) Every idea of mine, that cannot be expressed as a Syllogism, is really ridiculous;

  (2) None of my ideas about Bath-buns are worth writing down;

  (3) No idea of mine, that fails to come true, can be expressed as a Syllogism;

  (4) I never have any really ridiculous idea, that I do not at once refer to my solicitor;

  (5) My dreams are all about Bath-buns;

  (6) I never refer any idea of mine to my solicitor, unless it is worth writing down.

Univ.
“my ideas”;
a
 = able to be expressed as a Syllogism;
b
 = about Bath-buns;
c
 = coming true;
d
 = dreams;
e
 = really ridiculous
h
 = referred to my solicitor;
k
 = worth writing down.

48.

  (1) None of the pictures here, except the battle-pieces, are valuable;

  (2) None of the unframed ones are varnished;

  (3) All the battle-pieces are painted in oils;

  (4) All those that have been sold are valuable;

  (5) All the English ones are varnished;

  (6) All those in frames have been sold.

Univ.
“the pictures here”;
a
 = battle-pieces;
b
 = English;
c
 = framed;
d
 = oil-paintings;
e
 = sold;
h
 = valuable;
k
 = varnished.

49.

  (1) Animals, that do not kick, are always unexcitable;

  (2) Donkeys have no horns;

  (3) A buffalo can always toss one over a gate;

  (4) No animals that kick are easy to swallow;

  (5) No hornless animal can toss one over a gate;

  (6) All animals are excitable, except buffaloes.

Univ.
“animals”;
a
 = able to toss one over a gate;
b
 = buffaloes;
c
 = donkeys;
d
 = easy to swallow;
e
 = excitable;
h
 = horned;
k
 = kicking.

50.

  (1) No one, who is going to a party, ever fails to brush his hair;

  (2) No one looks fascinating, if he is untidy;

  (3) Opium-eaters have no self-command;

  (4) Every one, who has brushed his hair, looks fascinating;

  (5) No one wears white kid gloves, unless he is going to a party;

  (6) A man is always untidy, if he has no self-command.

Univ.
“persons”;
a
 = going to a party;
b
 = having brushed one’s hair;
c
 = having self-command;
d
 = looking fascinating;
e
 = opium-eaters;
h
 = tidy;
k
 = wearing white kid gloves.

51.

  (1) No husband, who is always giving his wife new dresses, can be a cross-grained man;

  (2) A methodical husband always comes home for his tea;

  (3) No one, who hangs up his hat on the gas-jet, can be a man that is kept in proper order by his wife;

  (4) A good husband is always giving his wife new dresses;

  (5) No husband can fail to be cross-grained, if his wife does not keep him in proper order;

  (6) An unmethodical husband always hangs up his hat on the gas-jet.

Univ.
“husbands”;
a
 = always coming home for his tea;
b
 = always giving his wife new dresses;
c
 = cross-grained;
d
 = good;
e
 = hanging up his hat on the gas-jet;
h
 = kept in proper order;
k
 = methodical.

52.

  (1) Everything, not absolutely ugly, may be kept in a drawing-room;

  (2) Nothing, that is encrusted with salt, is ever quite dry;

  (3) Nothing should be kept in a drawing-room, unless it is free from damp;

  (4) Bathing-machines are always kept near the sea;

  (5) Nothing, that is made of mother-of-pearl, can be absolutely ugly;

  (6) Whatever is kept near the sea gets encrusted with salt.

Univ.
“things”;
a
 = absolutely ugly;
b
 = bathing-machines;
c
 = encrusted with salt;
d
 = kept near the sea;
e
 = made of mother-of-pearl;
h
 = quite dry;
k
 = things that may be kept in a drawing-room.

53.

  (1) I call no day “unlucky,” when Robinson is civil to me;

  (2) Wednesdays are always cloudy;

  (3) When people take umbrellas, the day never turns out fine;

  (4) The only days when Robinson is uncivil to me are Wednesdays;

  (5) Everybody takes his umbrella with him when it is raining;

  (6) My “lucky” days always turn out fine.

Univ.
“days”;
a
 = called by me ‘lucky’;
b
 = cloudy;
c
 = days when people take umbrellas;
d
 = days when Robinson is civil to me;
e
 = rainy;
h
 = turning out fine;
k
 = Wednesdays.

54.

  (1) No shark ever doubts that it is well fitted out;

  (2) A fish, that cannot dance a minuet, is contemptible;

  (3) No fish is quite certain that it is well fitted out, unless it has three rows of teeth;

  (4) All fishes, except sharks, are kind to children;

  (5) No heavy fish can dance a minuet;

  (6) A fish with three rows of teeth is not to be despised.

Univ.
“fishes”;
a
 = able to dance a minuet;
b
 = certain that he is well fitted out;
c
 = contemptible;
d
 = having 3 rows of teeth;
e
 = heavy;
h
 = kind to children;
k
 = sharks.

55.

  (1) All the human race, except my footmen, have a certain amount of common-sense;

  (2) No one, who lives on barley-sugar, can be anything but a mere baby;

  (3) None but a hop-scotch player knows what real happiness is;

  (4) No mere baby has a grain of common sense;

  (5) No engine-driver ever plays hop-scotch;

  (6) No footman of mine is ignorant of what true happiness is.

Univ.
“human beings”;
a
 = engine-drivers;
b
 = having common sense;
c
 = hop-scotch players;
d
 = knowing what real happiness is;
e
 = living on barley-sugar;
h
 = mere babies;
k
 = my footmen.

56.

  (1) I trust every animal that belongs to me;

  (2) Dogs gnaw bones;

  (3) I admit no animals into my study, unless they will beg when told to do so;

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