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Literary notes about Accession (AI summary)

In literature, "accession" is employed to denote both the formal attainment of power and the sudden increase of an attribute or position. It is often used in historical accounts to mark the initiation of reigns or regimes, such as the accession of monarchs like James and Elizabeth [1], [2], [3], [4], underscoring a pivotal moment of transition or authority. At the same time, the term takes on a more figurative nuance when referring to an addition or sudden gain, as in the accession of rights, strength, or even alertness [5], [6], [7], [8]. Thus, writers use "accession" to capture not only the ceremonial beginning of rule but also the emergence of new qualities or capabilities, underscoring its versatility in both technical and metaphorical contexts [9], [10].
  1. The embassy under Sir Thomas Roe was prepared by Elizabeth, but did not proceed till the accession of James.
    — from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod
  2. On the accession of Elizabeth, a brighter day dawned upon him.
    — from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay
  3. 253 On the accession of James the Sixth of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603.
    — from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon
  4. The accession of Sisenand to the throne of Spain happened A.D. 631.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  5. On my return I gained an accession of rights.
    — from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore
  6. Fanny's spirits lived on it half the morning, deriving some accession of pleasure from its writer being himself to go away.
    — from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  7. If senna be taken with goat’s milk, it will cause an accession of strength, though complete weakness existed just before.
    — from Malay Magic by Walter William Skeat
  8. The only change in it that they could notice was an accession of alertness.
    — from White Fang by Jack London
  9. At the accession of James I. to the crown of this country, there was, I believe, no English peer of ducal dignity.
    — from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson
  10. 15 But his own dexterity, and the discontents of Africa, soon fortified the Vandal powers, by the accession of numerous and active allies.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

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