are formed by the transposition of the letters of words or sentences,
or names of persons, so as to produce a word, sentence, or verse, of
pertinent or of widely different meaning. They are very difficult to
discover, but are exceedingly striking when good. The following are
some of the most remarkable:
Words Transpositions
Astronomers............ No more stars.
Catalogues..............Got as a clue.
Elegant ................Neat leg.
Impatient...............Tim in a pet.
Immediately.............I met my Delia.
Masquerade .............Queer as mad.
Matrimony...............Into my arm.
Melodrama...............Made moral.
Midshipman..............Mind his map.
Old England.............Golden land.
Parishioners............I hire parsons.
Parliament..............Partial men.
Penitentiary............Nay I repeat it.
Presbyterian............Best in prayer.
Radical Reform..........Rare mad frolic.
Revolution..............To love ruin.
Sir Robert Peel.........Terrible poser.
Sweetheart..............There we sat.
Telegraphs..............Great helps.