Project Gutenberg 2012-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 144 Adams, William Davenport 1851 1904 Adams, W. Davenport (William Davenport) Quips and Quiddities: A Quintessence of Quirks, Quaint, Quizzical, and Quotable Produced by Chris Curnow, Eric Skeet and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Quips and Quiddities: A Quintessence of Quirks, Quaint, Quizzical, and Quotable" by W. Davenport Adams is a collection of literary excerpts and humorous observations, likely written in the late 19th century. This compilation serves as a delightful amalgamation of witty sayings, puns, epigrams, and amusing anecdotes drawn from various sources, aiming to entertain readers during their leisure moments. The wide-ranging content allows readers to explore an eclectic mix of prose and verse, presenting a playful approach to language and wit. The opening of the volume introduces the reader to the editor's intent, emphasizing the collection's focus on brevity and variety in its selections. The preface outlines the arrangement and creative structure of the anthology, noting that the pieces are not presented in any particular order and are characterized by their fragmentary nature. This allows for a lighthearted reading experience, where the reader can easily dip in and out of the humor and wit encapsulated within, confirming that the assembled 'quips' and 'quiddities' are meant to amuse rather than convey a continuous narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41713/41713-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Quotations, English Commonplace books PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Other 609819 609825 2024-09-17T13:06:34.379812 2023-09-18T07:58:53.921249 text/html text/html 594185 2012-12-27T11:27:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 625157 2012-12-27T11:27:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 677333 2024-09-17T13:07:00.858109 application/epub+zip 684859 2024-09-17T13:06:41.254676 application/epub+zip 217591 2024-09-17T13:06:37.862732 application/epub+zip 910811 2024-09-17T13:07:08.760138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 793393 2024-09-17T13:06:54.711146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317051 2022-09-19T05:58:39.856379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340150 340054 2024-09-17T13:06:30.022768 2023-09-18T07:58:49.877237 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 339652 2012-12-27T11:27:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136296 2012-12-27T11:27:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 339651 2012-12-27T11:27:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136065 2012-12-27T11:27:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20142 2024-09-17T13:07:08.926146 application/rdf+xml 20798 2024-09-17T13:06:38.135730 image/jpeg 3555 2024-09-17T13:06:38.001704 image/jpeg 654754 2024-09-17T13:06:34.527715 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog