(2) No large birds live on honey;
(3) Birds that do not live on honey are dull in colour.
Univ. "birds"; a = humming-birds; b = large; c = living on honey;
d = richly coloured.
=14.=
(1) No Gentiles have hooked noses;
(2) A man who is a good hand at a bargain always makes money;
(3) No Jew is ever a bad hand at a bargain.
Univ. "persons"; a = good hands at a bargain; b = hook-nosed; c = Jews;
d = making money.
=15.=
(1) All ducks in this village, that are branded 'B,' belong to Mrs.
Bond;
(2) Ducks in this village never wear lace collars, unless they are
branded 'B';
(3) Mrs. Bond has no gray ducks in this village.
Univ. "ducks in this village"; a = belonging to Mrs. Bond; b = branded
'B'; c = gray; d = wearing lace-collars.
=16.=
(1) All the old articles in this cupboard are cracked;
(2) No jug in this cupboard is new;
(3) Nothing in this cupboard, that is cracked, will hold water.
Univ. "things in this cupboard"; a = able to hold water; b = cracked;
c = jugs; d = old.
=17.=
(1) All unripe fruit is unwholesome;
(2) All these apples are wholesome;
(3) No fruit, grown in the shade, is ripe.
Univ. "fruit"; a = grown in the shade; b = ripe; c = these apples;
d = wholesome.
=18.=
(1) Puppies, that will not lie still, are always grateful for the loan
of a skipping-rope;
(2) A lame puppy would not say "thank you" if you offered to lend it a
skipping-rope.
(3) None but lame puppies ever care to do worsted-work.
Univ. "puppies"; a = caring to do worsted-work; b = grateful for the
loan of a skipping-rope; c = lame; d = willing to lie still.
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=19.=
(1) No name in this list is unsuitable for the hero of a romance;
(2) Names beginning with a vowel are always melodious;
(3) No name is suitable for the hero of a romance, if it begins with a
consonant.
Univ. "names"; a = beginning with a vowel; b = in this list;
c = melodious; d = suitable for the hero of a romance.
=20.=
(1) All members of the House of Commons have perfect self-command;
(2) No M.P., who wears a coronet, should ride in a donkey-race;
(3) All members of the House of Lords wear coronets.
Univ. "M.P.'s"; a = belonging to the House of Commons; b = having
perfect self-command; c = one who may ride in a donkey-race; d = wearing
a coronet.
=21.=
(1) No goods in this shop, that have been bought and paid for, are still
on sale;
(2) None of the goods may be carried away, unless labeled "sold";
(3) None of the goods are labeled "sold," unless they have been bought
and paid for.
Univ. "goods in this shop"; a = allowed to be carried away; b = bought
and paid for; c = labeled "sold"; d = on sale.
=22.=
(1) No acrobatic feats, that are not announced in the bills of a circus,
are ever attempted there;
(2) No acrobatic feat is possible, if it involves turning a quadruple
somersault;
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