common-place

Archaic form of commonplace.

But they would have been improved by some share of his frankness and warmth; and her visit was long enough to detract something from their first admiration, by shewing that though perfectly well bred, she was reserved, cold, and had nothing to say for herself beyond the most common-place inquiry or remark.

The points I am about to treat are common-place; and why are they common-place? Simply because they are at once so obvious, and so important, that he who thinks at all, must think of them.

Archaic form of commonplace.

Common-places do properly contain nothing but general advice that remembers thoſe who conſult them of all the faces by which a ſubject may be conſidered; […]

And therefore, whatever in my ſmall Reading, occurs, concerning this our Fellow-Creature, I do never fail to ſet it down, by way of Common-place; […]

Archaic form of commonplace.

I do not apprehend any great Difficulty in Collecting, and Common-placing an univerſal Hiſtory from the whole Body of Hiſtorians; that is nothing but mechanic Labour.

He common-placed largely, and studied with great diligence the year-books and the elder writers of the law.