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commonplace

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commonplace
a passage in a book marked for inclusion in a commonplace book, etc.


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That diction, on the other hand, is lofty and raised above the commonplace which employs unusual words.
But for all this, the question remains,-- what are the novelists to do with commonplace people, and how are they to be presented to the reader in such a form as to be in the least degree interesting?
I have subdued him entirely by sentiment and serious conversation, and made him, I may venture to say, at least half in love with me, without the semblance of the most commonplace flirtation.
 
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