Commonplace-book. Formerly Book of common places. orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. First usage recorded: 1578. - OED
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Literary Criticism
...When the more refined critic implies that my own manner of writing almost makes him die, I think he over-estimates my power over life and death.
-G. K. Chesterton, The Well and the Shadows, "An Apology for Buffoons," 16.
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