Nursery Rhyme. CCVII. Riddles.

        [The man had one eye, and the tree two apples upon it.]

    There was a man who had no eyes,
    He went abroad to view the skies;
    He saw a tree with apples on it,
    He took no apples off, yet left no apples on it.

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    A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose,
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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXVI. Riddles.

        [A Well.]

    As round as an apple, as deep as a cup,
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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXXIV. Riddles.

        [A thorn.]

    I went to the wood and got it,
    I sat me down and looked at it;
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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXVII. Riddles.

        [A Cherry.]

    As I went through the garden gap,
    Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap!
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Nursery Rhyme. CCCLXIV. Paradoxes.

    There was a man of Newington,
        And he was wond'rous wise,
    He jump'd into a quickset hedge,
        And scratch'd out both his eyes:
    But when he saw his eyes were out,
        With all his might and main,
    He jump'd into another hedge,
        And scratch'd 'em in again.

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