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Definition of Commonplaces
1. commonplace [n] - See also: commonplace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commonplaces
Literary usage of Commonplaces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1863)
"In time, however, such admissions, made merely for controversial purposes, become
established as recognized commonplaces. For some temporary purpose people ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... and very far indeed from the worst, example of the national folk-epic which
blends traditions of all sorts, adds commonplaces from the general stock of ..."
3. Songs from the South-west Country by Freeman Edwin Miller (1898)
"Oh, the happy commonplaces ! How remembrance interlaces In the sombre soul of
shadow all the ... And the joyous commonplaces ! How their music madly races ..."
4. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"R commonplaces AIN on the face of the sea, Rain on the sodden land, And the
window-pane is blurred with rain As I watch it, ..."
5. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"Franklin P. Adams. commonplaces RAIN on the face of the sea, Rain on the sodden
land, And the window-pane is blurred with rain As I watch it, pen in hand. ..."
6. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"commonplaces (HEINE) RAIN on the face of the sea, Rain on the sodden land, And
the window-pane is blurred with rain As I watch it, pen in hand. ..."
7. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"... deal copiously and skilfully with those commonplaces of argument which would
be available in almost any case. His education taught him to prefer general ..."
8. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle of St. James by James Hardy Ropes (1916)
"... either individually or in their combination, go beyond the range of religious
commonplaces, while the more original elements of expression and thought ..."
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