[Ads-l] "queer phiz" and quiz

[Stephen Goranson]

In addition to several appearances of "queer phiz," post-Smollett, here are a couple near quiz.

The third tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of a wife. : a poem.<https://firstsearch-oclc-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=fsap01pxm1-1680-lw590yc0-613u8e:entitypagenum=3:0:recno=5:resultset=1:format=FI:next=html/record.html:bad=error/badfetch.html:entitytoprecno=5:entitycurrecno=5:numrecs=1>
Author: Combe, William, 1742-1823.; Rowlandson, Thomas, [illus.]
Publication: London : Pubd. ... by R. Ackermann ..., 1823 [maybe also in the 1821 ed.]

The Doctor felt that his queer phiz
Was such as might invite a quiz;
For, right or wrong, he seem'd to see
Quizzing was her propensity. [p.95]

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