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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
A CATTLE PLAGUE
“
What
ails you?” tenderly I spoke
To a dejected calf.
He answered, “At a killing joke
I'm dying, sir, to laugh.
They little know, who lightly jest,
The agony of fun suppressed.”
Quips and quiddits : Ques for the Qurious
