![]() Pencilled, because the mind of the reader wishes to unburthen itself of a thought - however flippant - however silly ![]() They have a rank somewhat above the chance and desultoryĬomments of literary chit-chat - for these latter are not unfrequently “talk for talk's sake,” hurried out of the mouth while the marginalia are deliberately (d)īut the purely marginal jottings, done with no eye to the Memorandum Book, have a distinct complexion, and not only aĭistinct purpose, but none at all this it is which imparts to them a value. ![]() Spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. Mémoire, et par conséquence je l‘oublie ” - and, in fact, if you wish to forget anything upon the “ Ce que Je mets sur papier,” says Bernardin de St. This making of notes, however, is by no means the making of mere memoranda - a custom which has itsĭisadvantages, beyond doubt. (b)Īll this may be whim it may be not only a very hackneyed, but a very idle practice - yet I persist in it still Īnd it affords me pleasure which is profit, in despite of Mr. It by an imperceptible portion of gum tragacanth paste. Included within the narrow limits of a margin, I commit it to a slip of paper, and deposit it between the leaves taking care to secure ![]() Where what I have to note is too much to be Thoughts, agreements and differences of opinion, or brief critical comments in general. ![]() Is not so much through any love of the thing in itself, however agreeable, as for the facility it affords me of pencilling suggested In getting my books, (a) I have been always solicitous of an ample margin this ![]()
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