He is not bound by any verbal fidelity to his author; he rather adapts the book to his own use and mental Exercitation.
"Anglo-Saxon Literature"
John Earle
Being somewhat fatigued by my Exercitation, I sat down on the bench under the shed, having sent my boys home by themselves, and remained here a quiet though not an inattentive spectator of the scene before me.
"Quodlibet"
John P. Kennedy