Literary notes about Accessible (AI summary)
The term “accessible” is employed in literature to signal that something—whether a place, idea, or resource—is within reach or available for use. In some works, it designates a physical quality, as when distant lands, fortifications, or passages are described as accessible only through certain routes or by specific means ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In other contexts, it conveys the ease with which information may be obtained or ideas understood, such as in discussions of literature and philosophical works where texts or intellectual pleasures become accessible to the public or to specific individuals ([5], [6]). Authors also use the term to reflect social and cultural openness, suggesting that institutions or notions are approachable and within someone’s grasp ([7], [8]). This multifaceted use of “accessible” underscores its versatility in evoking both literal and figurative senses of availability and connection.
- 62: “At the furthest accessible extremity of the earth appears Harivarsha with the northern Kurus.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - There is no mention of a ditch or any other line or work round the town, and the wall itself was accessible without a ladder.
— from The Iliad by Homer - Picton's division was two miles away, only accessible through a heavy cross-fire of artillery and musketry.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte - The river bathed the foot of the walls; and the town was accessible only by two wooden bridges.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - As the best of the Canterbury Tales are now easily accessible, we omit here all quotations.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - Since we can now employ the conception of ego-libido, the narcistic neuroses have become accessible to us.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - A public officer in the United States is uniformly civil, accessible to all the world, attentive to all requests, and obliging in his replies.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
