(3) No impossible acrobatic feat is ever announced in a circus bill.
Univ. "acrobatic feats"; a = announced in the bills of a circus;
b = attempted in a circus; c = involving the turning of a quadruple
somersault; d = possible.
=23.=
(1) Nobody, who really appreciates Beethoven, fails to keep silence
while the Moonlight-Sonata is being played;
(2) Guinea-pigs are hopelessly ignorant of music;
(3) No one, who is hopelessly ignorant of music, ever keeps silence
while the Moonlight-Sonata is being played.
Univ. "creatures"; a = guinea-pigs; b = hopelessly ignorant of music;
c = keeping silence while the Moonlight-Sonata is being played;
d = really appreciating Beethoven.
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=24.=
(1) Coloured flowers are always scented;
(2) I dislike flowers that are not grown in the open air;
(3) No flowers grown in the open air are colourless.
Univ. "flowers"; a = coloured; b = grown in the open air; c = liked by
me; d = scented.
=25.=
(1) Showy talkers think too much of themselves;
(2) No really well-informed people are bad company;
(3) People who think too much of themselves are not good company.
Univ. "persons"; a = good company; b = really well-informed; c = showy
talkers; d = thinking too much of one's self.
=26.=
(1) No boys under 12 are admitted to this school as boarders;
(2) All the industrious boys have red hair;
(3) None of the day-boys learn Greek;
(4) None but those under 12 are idle.
Univ. "boys in this school"; a = boarders; b = industrious; c = learning
Greek; d = red-haired; e = under 12.
=27.=
(1) The only articles of food, that my doctor allows me, are such as are
not very rich;
(2) Nothing that agrees with me is unsuitable for supper;
(3) Wedding-cake is always very rich;
(4) My doctor allows me all articles of food that are suitable for
supper.
Univ. "articles of food"; a = agreeing with me; b = allowed by my
doctor; c = suitable for supper; d = very rich; e = wedding-cake.
=28.=
(1) No discussions in our Debating-Club are likely to rouse the British
Lion, so long as they are checked when they become too noisy;
(2) Discussions, unwisely conducted, endanger the peacefulness of our
Debating-Club;
(3) Discussions, that go on while Tomkins is in the Chair, are likely to
rouse the British Lion;
(4) Discussions in our Debating-Club, when wisely conducted, are always
checked when they become too noisy.
Univ. "discussions in our Debating-Club"; a = checked when too noisy;
b = dangerous to the peacefulness of our Debating-Club; c = going on
while Tomkins is in the chair; d = likely to rouse the British Lion;
e = wisely conducted.
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=29.=
(1) All my sons are slim;
(2) No child of mine is healthy who takes no exercise;
(3) All gluttons, who are children of mine, are fat;
(4) No daughter of mine takes any exercise.
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