1876, William Sanday,The Gospels in the Second Century[1]:
Irenaeus is described by Dr. Tregelles 'as a close and carefulquoter in general from the New Testament' [Endnote 49:2].
1914, R. Brimley Johnson, editor,Famous Reviews[2]:
Every man is, according to Mr. Hunt, a dull potato-eating blockhead--of no greater value to God or man than any ox or dray-horse--who is not an admirer of Voltaire'sromans, a worshipper of Lord Holland and Mr. Haydon and aquoter of John Buncle and Chaucer's Flower and Leaf.
2005 November 18, David Whiteis, “A Proper Good-bye”, inChicago Reader[3]:
Even before he began attending services at Harmony Community Baptist--just a few doors down South Millard from the house where he and Eula lived for decades--he'd been a "very goodquoter of the Bible," Eula says, and in short order he became a deacon.