10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUIZZICALITY»
Discover the use of
quizzicality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
quizzicality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The dowager; or, The new school for scandal
He sickened at thought of the dull gravel walk at the Willows, and the quizzicality
of his dennet, as he lounged along the crowded pavement of Bond-street, and
stared into the coachmakers' windows. Yet the next moment, after being nearly
run ...
Catherine Grace F. Gore, 1854
2
Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott
... of meeting the daft lady. With all this quizzicality, I do not believe there ever
existed a family with so much mutual affection and such an overflow of
benevolence to all around them, from men and women down to hedge-sparrows
and lame ...
John Gibson Lockhart, 1845
Part of it is through what could be called social iconography: his slightly raised
right eye is a sign of quizzicality, we say. But is this a cultural universal in Western
life or are we reading, wrongly, our own modern American social signs into that ...
But his uneasy eyes roved from face to face of the Wednesday gathering, trying to
detect signs of quizzicality. Soames followed another method. His mind, indeed,
was uncomplicated by the currents awash in that of one who goes to bed with ...
5
Rhetoric and Incommensurability
... by recasting apparent contradictions as paradoxes, or as aporias or an-
tinomies (Harré and Krausz 1996), or by bracketing issues of truth or falsity in the
name of “programmatic relativism” or “methodological quizzicality” (J. Margolis
1992; ...
Zora, sitting on the arm of a chair, half steadying herself with her umbrella,
regarded the old man standing respectfully at attention before her with a smile
whose quizzicality she could not restrain. The old villain drew himself up in a
dignified ...
7
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Not a quizzicality of the last month escaped, not a weakness ; crime, indeed, was
leniently treated, indignant morality being little the vogue ; but every thing less
was tossed up im- pitiably. So good-humoured, and happy, and successful
proved ...
Reuben Percy, John Timbs, 1830
... progeny (dissolving the reality of power and cause by subjecting them to the
terms of his empirical quizzicality), as we might similarly examine the theories of
that placid bachelor Bentham, who put forward his ideal of a neutral vocabulary.
9
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
SEEING that somewhat of quizzicality begins to be associated with the phrase
whereby the Mechanics' Institute philosophy is popularly distinguished, it is not
unnatural that certain learned Thebans should wax wroth at the appellation ; but,
...
10
Writing for an Endangered World: Literature, Culture, and ...
That Williams never shook off this quizzicality about whether his poetic would
amount to anything more than a series of beginnings continued to be by turns a
source of frustration, self-renewal, perspectival suppleness, and predictable ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUIZZICALITY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
quizzicality is used in the context of the following news items.
Channel 4′s The Vote reviewed: 'complex, acute, very funny and …
Catherine Tate plays Kirsty with her usual sluttish quizzicality. Tim West gives a downbeat performance as a muddled pensioner. Judi Dench has a smallish role ... «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
What's on TV Wednesday: Judith Lucy is All Woman
... womanly excursions: every discovery she makes is met with the same smirking quizzicality; clearly fascinated by her subjects, she is taking great pleasure in ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
Story of Stephen Hawking explores unifying theory of love
Redmayne rarely deviates from Hawking's whimsical quizzicality. It's a less wrenching, more user-friendly tour de force. -- Owen Gleiberman, BBC.com. «Winnipeg Free Press, Nov 14»
Film Review: 'Decor'
All possibilities are kept in play, as Abdalla handles this quasi-“Pleasantville” premise with the cool quizzicality of latter-day Kiarostami. The question of whether ... «Variety, Oct 14»
Review: The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything
... that where Daniel Day-Lewis twisted his virtuosity over a bottomless pit of passion and rage, Redmayne rarely deviates from Hawking's whimsical quizzicality. «BBC News, Sep 14»
Ty Segall tweaks himself on Manipulator
What's strikingly new is the way Segall has punched up and sharpened his quirks and quizzicality. This is Segall in HD, and all the nuances make for a more ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Aug 14»
Book Review: America and Britain: Was there ever a special …
... ever a special relationship?'. Given that the book discusses the special relationship at great length this may be thought to be pushing paradox and quizzicality ... «LSE Media Policy Project, Aug 14»
Jimmy Fallon: More than Jay or Dave, he could be a new Johnny …
He could speak to younger viewers because, with his winking intelligence and WASP quizzicality, he was endlessly curious, and he was also the Fred Astaire of ... «Entertainment Weekly, Feb 14»
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
The characters can still climb into that time machine, of course, but there's simply no going back to an age when Mr. Peabody's brainy quizzicality was novel. «Entertainment Weekly, Jan 14»
Virgin soldier finds love in Rachel Ward's World War I telemovie
These days we rarely get the smart-arse, ebullient Brown but a softer persona, a touch of later Clint Eastwood, stooped and avuncular with a wry quizzicality. «The Australian, Sep 13»
