commonplace-book

His quotations, which abound in every page, are pertinent; but if he had made more use of his invention and less of his commonplace-book, his work would perhaps have been more valuable than it is.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Whatever he read, with the assistance of a commonplace-book, he accurately remembered, and could readily turn to account; and, though his library was contained in a closet of five feet square, he was abundantly well informed on every ordinary topic of conversation.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Men who are kept by a commonplace-book go about raking everywhere for glittering scraps, which they carry home to be sorted in their æsthetic junk-shop.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

One evening, the last, I think, but one, I had occasion to go to my daughter's room, and found her writing in her commonplace-book.

The Pool in the Desert Sara Jeannette Duncan

He never has a conventional image, and never resorts to the second-hand frippery of a poetical commonplace-book to tag his verses with.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Various

_ The simplest form of commonplace-book is a plain quarto MS. book ruled in an ordinary way, and in this entries may be made without being alphabeted.

The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905

The recipe for keeping a commonplace-book may, however, it is to be hoped, be repeated without giving offence to any one.

The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905

A commonplace-book contains many notions in garrison, whence an owner may draw out an army into the field on competent warning. '

The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905

Every one has his and her own way of keeping a commonplace-book.

The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905

There is no doubt that note-books are very useful, but no note-book or commonplace-book should take the place of the natural memory -- and every one has a good memory for something.

The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905