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Quips and quiddits : Ques for the Qurious
Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)
[section]
[dedication]
A COINCIDENCE
ON THE COVER OF JOHN B. TABB'S LATE LONDON VOLUME
A STRONG DOSE
TO AN ANTE-MORTEM UNDERTAKER WHO EMBALMS ME IN VERSE
TO MR. ANDREW LANG, WHO SPELLED MY NAME ‘TAB’
CATNIP
AN OBJECTOR
IN CHICAGO
INGERSOLL'S DILEMMA
QUEEN BESS
A DISCONCERTED CONCERT
WOOL-GATHERING
THE SECRET
AN IMPROVEMENT
CORN-COB
THE YARDSTICK
THE SNORER
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
A PERPLEXITY
TROUBLED WATERS
A QUESTION OF TIME
AN INCUBUS
THE TUMBLE-BUG
AN AVERSION
A MIXED MARRIAGE
THE MAN IN THE MOON
IN THE AUTHOR'S LIBRARY
POLITENESS
A MOUTHPIECE
OBSCURITY
PINCHBECK
A SAINT'S INFIRMITY
A MISTAKE
FASCINATION
UNSTATIONARY STATIONERY
A RASH JUDGMENT
IN ACCORD
FACIAL LATITUDE
A FOOT-RULE
A MARK OF TRUE GREATNESS
FROM ABROAD
THE TOAD
A DIVERSION
THE HERMIT
A DEPRIVATION
A HOUSE OF REFUGE
UNDERSIZE
A FOOT-NOTE
THE PRODIGAL
VALUATION
TO MY SHADOW
A MUSICIAN'S TRIAL
TREASURE-TROVES
A CHANGE OF PARTS
THE SANDPIPER
HEAD-STRONG
THE MOUSE AND THE ELEPHANT
HIGH-BORN
ACCOMMODATING
A DISAGREEMENT
A COMPENSATION
THE BROOK TO THE LAMB
JUST THE REVERSE
EXIT
SPRING CHIMNEYS
THE DIFFERENCE
A STING
A WISH
A BACHELOR HEN
IRONY
A FAMILY FAILING
CHERRIES
WITH CHOLERA MORBUS
DREAD OF JUSTICE
A CATTLE PLAGUE
A FLEDGLING
MR. DOOLITTLE'S EPITAPH
TAMING THE SHREW
THE SIGNAL
A DEDUCTION
HEART-BROKEN
A BLIND MAN'S EPITAPH.
EMETICS
TO A PROPOSED INTERVIEWER
FOREDOOMED
JUDICIOUS
INFATUATION
NO STICKLERS
A TALE OF REVERSE, or THE REVERSE OF A TAIL
SYMPATHY
THE SENSITIVE LOBSTER
THE ROOT OF PRIDE
GOOD ADVICE
THE RUN-A-WAY
EXTREMES MEET
CLOSE AS WAX
A PARADOX
A(N)ICE DISTINCTION
THE BLUEBIRD TO THE CANARY
COMPENSATION
A THREAT
A TRAGEDY
A RETORT
AN EXCUSE
SAUSAGE
IN AMBUSH
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Quips and quiddits : Ques for the Qurious
THE YARDSTICK
The
laziest of all things strong,
The Yardstick seems to me,
For, with three feet, twelve inches long,
No step alone takes he.
Quips and quiddits : Ques for the Qurious
