Bayle gives very excellent advice to an abridger, Xiphilin, in his "Abridgment of Dion," takes no notice of a circumstance very material for entering into the character of Domitian:-the recalling the empress Domitia after having turned her away for her intrigues with a player.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)"
Isaac D'Israeli
His abridger, Vattel, deserves, indeed, considerable praise.
"A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations"
James Mackintosh
In the first place, a grammarian must be a writer, an author, a man who observes and thinks for himself; and not a mere compiler, abridger, modifier, copyist, or plagiarist.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown