Literary notes about ALLIANCE (AI summary)
The term "alliance" in literature functions as a multifaceted device, evoking notions of mutual benefit, political strategy, and intimate connection. It is employed to represent formal treaties and pacts between nations, as seen in descriptions of military or diplomatic persuasion [1][2][3], while also capturing the nuances of personal or familial bonds, whether in the form of marriage or socio-political unions [4][5][6]. Authors extend the metaphor beyond statecraft into the realm of morality and destiny, imbuing the word with shades of virtue and fortune, as in epic narratives and philosophical treatises [7][8]. This versatility allows "alliance" to encapsulate a spectrum of human relationships, ranging from the overt alliances of empires to the subtle, sometimes ambivalent liaisons that shape personal and societal destinies.
- Colbert, in his extreme eagerness for the sea power of France, favored this alliance.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. Mahan - Accordingly, after conference with the Athenian ambassadors, an alliance was agreed upon and oaths were exchanged, upon the terms following: 1.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - While making the open alliance with Spain against Austria, the French government agreed to a secret clause directed against England.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. Mahan - This, Harriet, is an alliance which can never raise a blush in either of us.”
— from Emma by Jane Austen - His wife and daughter were courted by the highest nobility, and their alliance sought by the heirs of ducal and princely houses.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay - By what other means couldst thou be raised to high honour and to princely place, saving by my alliance?
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott - In such alliance couldst thou wish to join, A palace stored with treasures should be thine.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - "The greatness of Rome"—such is the language of the historian—"was founded on the rare, and almost incredible, alliance of virtue and of fortune.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
