#QuotsyJan19 Day 8: Lots of #Creature(s), I am certain in this devil‘s dictionary. Bought a copy of this when Folio Society had their annual half price sale a few years back, but haven‘t gotten around to reading it yet. Maybe in 2020. 😭😂🤣📚📚📚
#QuotsyJan19 Day 8: Lots of #Creature(s), I am certain in this devil‘s dictionary. Bought a copy of this when Folio Society had their annual half price sale a few years back, but haven‘t gotten around to reading it yet. Maybe in 2020. 😭😂🤣📚📚📚
"Yet the Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one—the knowledge and the dream."
I was hoping this book would be full of definitions like these - that make one chuckle at human nature. Many are too bitter and mean-spirited for my taste. In all fairness, the title is clear of what the book holds.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
This book is formatted as a dictionary, but it's a helluva unique one! I've read it through cover to cover, but most of you probably would use it as you would any other dictionary. Written by one of Poe's immediate horror successors, it's written in verbose Victorian prose, heavy on the sarcasm & sardonic wit, & had me guffawing frequently. A thin reference for pithy party material. An iconic classic! #PairWith: Jim Beam Devil's Cut, straight.