commonplace book. n. Formerly Book of common places (see commonplace n. 3). 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.
OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 5 April 2015.
commonplace blog. n A commonplace book in a blog.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Mr. Bennet needles Mary
"What say you, Mary?
For you are a young lady of deep reflection, I know, and read great books and
make extracts." Mary wished to say something sensible, but knew not how.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, ch. 2 (Mr. Bennet to Mary Bennet)
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