Literary notes about ADMONISHER (AI summary)
In literature, the term "admonisher" takes on a multifaceted role, often representing a figure who both instructs and cautions. It can denote a divine or authoritative voice urging restraint—as when one character’s secretive warning underscores moral duty ([1], [2], [3])—or serve as a gentle, sometimes self-effacing, guide replete with human frailties, as illustrated by a character who recognizes his own limitations in the role of a moral overseer ([4], [5]). Moreover, the word carries historical and symbolic weight, alluding even to structures like the Roman temple of Juno Moneta ([6]) and evoking the style of celebrated satirists in refined periods ([7], [8]). Thus, whether as a severe reprover or a mild adviser, the admonisher in literature artfully embodies the tension between moral authority and human susceptibility ([9], [10]).
- "Hurt him not," said his Highness to this effectual admonisher unto secrecy.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby - 7: ناصح بطنزگفت حرامست می مخور گفتم بچشم گوش بهر خر نمی کنم "The admonisher spoke tauntingly: Wine is forbidden, do not drink!
— from The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy - [Nooḥ] unto his people, saying , Verily I am unto you a plain admonisher that ye worship not [any] but God.
— from Selections from the Kur-an - The truth of this remark was quite manifest; and concluding that I was not exactly suited to the character of admonisher, I never renewed the attempt.
— from A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church - The novelist found his admonisher in a low state of spirits, and he exerted himself to rouse him from his despondency.
— from Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Charles James Lever - The Roman mint was attached to the temple of Juno Moneta , i.e. , the admonisher, from monēre , and this name was transferred to the building.
— from The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley - Horace was a mild admonisher, a court satirist, fit for the gentle times of Augustus, and more fit for the reasons which I have already given.
— from Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden - [Pg 92] admonisher, a court-satirist, fit for the gentle times of Augustus, and more fit, for the reasons which I have already given.
— from Dryden's Works Vol. 13 (of 18) by John Dryden - A severe reprover of hard and obstinate sinners; a mild and gentle admonisher of such as were tender and sensible of their failings.
— from The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers
Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrencs. by William Sewel - 'Tis a reminder—and therefore may have its use in the world—of our mortality, an admonisher of our pride, a represser of our love of greed and gain.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864
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