10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUIZZIFICATION»
Discover the use of
quizzification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
quizzification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... famous quizz on the poetry of folks of quality, which some ascribe to Pope,
others to Swift, others to Arbuthnot, but which all agree in considering as one of
the broadest, if not of the best, pieces of quizzification extant in the English
tongue?
2
The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, ...
After all, my dear, the whole may be a quizzification of Sir Philip's--and yet he
gave me such a minute description of her person !-I am sure the man has not
invention or taste enough to produce such a fancy-piece. Did he mention, said
Belinda ...
Anna Letitia Aikin Barbauld, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), 1820
3
Works of Maria Edgeworth: Belinda. 1824
... withdrawing a portion of your esteem from Mr. Hervey—this is the style for you,
is it not!—After all, my dear, the whole may be a quizzification of Sir Philip's—and
yet he gave me such a minute description of her person !-—I am sure the man ...
Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 1824
... said, of avoiding the possibility of interrupting the fun. Then looking unutterable
quizzification at each other, they struck up the following very peculiar song, Jesse
selecting the pathetic air of“ All round my hat ;" and Charley adhering, with ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1836
5
The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, ...
... my dear, the whole may be a quizzification of Sir Philip's — and yet he gave me
such a minute description of her person ! — I am sure the man has not invention
or taste enough to produce euch a fancy-piece. Did he mention, said Belinda in ...
Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), 1820
6
The Noctes Ambrosianœ of "Blackwood".
But the booksellers are turning so deucedly squeamish now-a-days, there's really
no opening for a little fair quizzification. There was Hook went to Colburn about
his Foote ; Colburn remarked, it was a pity there was none of Foote's private ...
John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, 1843
In money—in comfort—in cookery—in antiquity—in undying subjects for
quizzification—in pretty J ewesses—as Spenser says, F. Q. B. I. C. v. St. xxi. _ -- J
ewessa, sunny bright, Adorn'd with gold and jewels shinning cleareLondon
proper I ...
8
Tales and Novels: Belinda
After all, my dear, the whole may be a quizzification of Sir Philip's —and yet he
gave me such a minute description of her person ! I am sure the man has not
invention or taste enough to produce such a fancy piece." "Did he mention ...
But the booksellers are turning so doucedly squeamish now a-days, there's really
no opening for a little fair quizzification. There was Hook went to Col- burn about
his Foote ; Colburn remarked, it was a pity there was none of Foote's private ...
John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, 1867
After all, my dear, the whole may be a quizzification of Sir Philip's — and yet he
gave me such a minute description of her person ! I am sure the man has not
invention or taste enough to produce such a fancy piece." "Did he mention," said
...
