But if I act my part perfectly, if I have but the resolution to listen coolly to their Quiddities, sometimes to oppose, sometimes to recede, and always to own myself conquered on the points which suit me best, I believe both the gentleman and the lady will be sufficiently simple to suppose that in all this there will be nothing apocryphal.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
The Cervantic Gondomar, whose "quips and Quiddities" had concealed the cares of state, one day rushed into the presence of James, breathlessly calling out for "audience!"
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli
And we are now reaping the fruits of this; for, be it known to the uninitiated, that all these cavils, refinings, quibbles, quirks, and Quiddities, are recorded in books, and have come down to us as authoritative parts of "the perfection of human reason," making convenient holes for sturdy rogues, with the help of sharp-pointed lawyers, to creep through the meshes of our comparatively mild criminal code.
"Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland"
Henry B. Stanton