A Century Of Charades (1894)

A Century Of Charades (1894)

William Bellamy

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Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2008
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Estudios literarios: clásicos, primitivos y medievales
ISBN:
9781436720007
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''A Century of Charades'' is a collection of charades, a word puzzle game, written by William Bellamy and published in 1894. The book contains 100 charades, each consisting of a series of clues that, when combined, form a word or phrase. The charades cover a wide range of topics, from literature and history to everyday objects and activities. Bellamy includes instructions on how to play the game and provides hints for solving the puzzles. The book is a fun and challenging read for anyone interested in word games and puzzles.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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