Examples. Pairs of Premisses
1. No exciting books suit feverish patients;
Unexciting books make one drowsy.
2. Some, who deserve the fair, get their deserts;
None but the brave deserve the fair.
3. No children are patient;
No impatient person can sit still.
4. All pigs are fat;
No skeletons are fat.
5. No monkeys are soldiers;
All monkeys are mischievous.
6. None of my cousins are just;
No judges are unjust.
7. Some days are rainy;
Rainy days are tiresome.
8. All medicine is nasty;
Senna is a medicine.
9. Some Jews are rich;
All Kamschatgans are Gentiles.
10. All teetotalers like sugar;
No nightingale drinks wine.
11. No muffins are wholesome;
All buns are unwholesome.
12. No fat creatures run well;
Some greyhounds run well.
13. All soldiers march;
Some youths are not soldiers.
14. Sugar is sweet;
Salt is not sweet.
15. Some eggs are hard-boiled;
No eggs are uncrackable.
16. There are no Jews in the house;
There are no Gentiles in the garden.
17. All battles are noisy;
What makes no noise may escape notice.
18. No Jews are mad;
All Rabbis are Jews.
19. There are no fish that cannot swim;
Some skates are fish.
20. All passionate people are unreasonable;
Some orators are passionate.
21. Pain is wearisome;
No pain is eagerly wished for.
22. No bald person needs a hair-brush;
No lizards have hair.
23. All thoughtless people do mischief;
No thoughtful person forgets a promise.
24. I do not like John;
Some of my friends like John.
25. No potatoes are pine-apples;
All pine-apples are nice.
26. No pins are ambitious;
No needles are pins.
27. All my friends have colds;
No one can sing who has a cold.
28. All these dishes are well-cooked;
Some dishes are unwholesome if not well-cooked.
29. No medicine is nice;
Senna is a medicine.
30. Some oysters are silent;
No silent creatures are amusing.
31. All wise men walk on their feet;
All unwise men walk on their hands.
32. “Mind your own business;
This quarrel is no business of yours.”
33. No bridges are made of sugar;
Some bridges are picturesque.
34. No riddles interest me that can be solved;
All these riddles are insoluble.
35. John is industrious;
All industrious people are happy.
36. No frogs write books;
Some people use ink in writing books.
37. No pokers are soft;
All pillows are soft.
38. No antelope is ungraceful;
Graceful animals delight the eye.
39. Some uncles are ungenerous;
All merchants are generous.
40. No unhappy people chuckle;
No happy people groan.
41. Audible music causes vibration in the air;
Inaudible music is not worth paying for.
42. He gave me five pounds;
I was delighted.
43. No old Jews are fat millers;
All my friends are old millers.
44. Flour is good for food;
Oatmeal is a kind of flour.
45. Some dreams are terrible;
No lambs are terrible.
46. No rich man begs in the street;
All who are not rich should keep accounts.
47. No thieves are honest;
Some dishonest people are found out
48. All wasps are unfriendly;
All puppies are friendly.
49. All improbable stories are doubted;
None of these stories are probable.
50. “He told me you had gone away.”
“He never says one word of truth.”
[June, 1886.]