For every one doth not know what is Excerpting.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli
With this in mind he read countless authors of different ages and countries, a total of around 50,000 epigrams, from most of which nothing at all was worth Excerpting.
"An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams"
Pierre Nicole
Pending these futile negotiations Schiller worked with great zest upon 'Demetrius ',-reading, Excerpting, examining maps and pictures, schematizing, balancing possibilities, and so forth.
"The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller"
Calvin Thomas