10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUIRKISH»
Discover the use of
quirkish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
quirkish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
80 page book of drawings and sketches. All of the drawings and sketches in Quirkish Delight were done in 2012 by Eric C. Harrison. Nearly all were created with pigment liners on sketch paper.
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Essays: Selected from Contributions to the Edinburgh Review
... or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous
expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged
in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, ...
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Reason and Faith, and Other Miscellanies of Henry Rogers
... or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous
expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged
in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, ...
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Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
Of the ' quirkish vreason' mentioned as one of the species of wit in the above-
recited passage of Barrow, the pages of our' author are full. What can be more
ridiculous than the 1 reason he assigns, in. his character of the ' good wife,' for
the ...
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Readings in English prose: selected from the best writers ...
... I») It is usual to omit the possessive pronoun in this phrase, before m-mg, B)
Robertson, 1721—1793. 1) Pat — gepaet -— trejend. 1) Quirkish - jocular—
comical. , __ - __',-j____.1n0ogaB—.it_ _ ") To stand ...
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The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal: ... To Be ...
Of the '. quirkish reason' mentioned as one of the species of wit in the above-
recited passage of Barrow, the pages of our author are full. What can be more
ridiculous than the reason he assigns, in his character of the ' good wife,' for the
order ...
The thunder of the European war had a quirkish resonance at Boston College a
year and a half before, in the fall of 1916. The students read of German aviators
flying immense Zeppelins across the Channel to England, terrorizing people from
...
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A Dictionary of the English and Russian Languages:
... cavalier (in forti_ñcation). Kauai-una, a cavatina. Káßepanrr» , sa,
Káßepanmars , sv, naitáßepau'ri. , van. to use quirks, to chicane, to cavil.
Кёвераливый, а. quirkish. Кёверэникъ. т. quirk, chicaner, Caviller. Káaepamsiůß
. quirkish, cavîlling.
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The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
Of the ' quirkish reason' mentioned as one of the species of wit in the above-
recited passage of Barrow, the pages of our author are full. What can be more
ridiculous than the reason he assigns, in his character of the ' good wife,' for the
order ...
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Suffering And Evil: The Durkheimian Legacy
A question which seemed quirkish, which could be put down to some peculiarity
of the period or the author, then assumes a significance which would otherwise
have gone unnoticed. Durkheim, 'Préface', in O. Hamelin, Le Systeme de ...
W.S.F. Pickering, Massimo Rosati, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUIRKISH»
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quirkish is used in the context of the following news items.
The use of modals to calibrate politeness when making requests
I'd say his views about English grammar are quirkish but charming, fun to read, and sometimes devilishly spot-on (Check him out in the video “Stephen Fry's ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
Montay Brandon, FSU men's basketball team ready to face North …
“It's been a very unusual schedule,” Hamilton said. “I'm not really sure if I ever played this many games will this many few days off. “I don't know. It's quirkish.”. «Tallahassee.com, Jan 15»
PK Movie Review - A sublime cinematic achievement
'PK' is in the league of its own. it' s ambitious in its quirkish sly incursions on the common belief of faith but still remains intimate. Speaks the unique ala Hirani ... «IndiaGlitz, Dec 14»
The honourable and quirky Wayne Goss
He had a quirkish and devilish sense of humour. He put himself on the line, committed to legal representation for indigent Aborigines, appearing constantly in ... «Eureka Street, Nov 14»
Reviews round-up | 10 July
Equally enthusiastically, the Telegraph's Mick Brown's praises Hodgkinson's “touching account” as a “sweet, quirkish gem of a memoir.” Despite the ample ... «New Statesman, Jul 14»
The House Is Full of Yogis by Will Hodgkinson, review
There is a moment in Will Hodgkinson's sweet, quirkish gem of a memoir in which all the embarrassment and confusion of adolescence come to a singularly ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
The Trouble with Fandom and 'The Elizabethans'
... Edmund) before it finally stepped out (after quirkish flashes in the pan — the giddy Essex, its attempts to incriminate Raleigh) into flesh and blood and history. «PopMatters, Oct 13»
'Raisins Aren't Sexy' comes to Strule Arts Centre
Raisins resists ageism, multi-nationalism, the justification of foreign 'oil wars' and boardroom dictatorships, however, it is all done in a quirkish, humorous, ... «The Ulster Herald, May 13»
William Burges and the High Victorian Dream', by J. Mordaunt Crook …
Every page produces a firework: shutters are 'alive with quirkish patterns', furniture sparkles with 'domelets of mirrored glass', entering a room is 'like stepping ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 13»
Audience spellbound by sounds of Mengyang Pan
... as in the slow movement, and delight, as in the quirkish and witty finale . In Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert's songs, Serenade and The Erl King, she revealed ... «Rochdale Online, Feb 13»
