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Literary notes about Blessing (AI summary)

The word “blessing” is deployed in literature with a range of meanings—from divine favour and protection to a token of personal endorsement or goodwill. In early modern drama, it functions as a reciprocal act capable of conveying both honor and a burden of expectation, as seen in the dramatic insistence on mutual favor ([1], [2]). In religious writings, the term is imbued with sanctity and the promise of divine intervention, as illustrated in scriptural passages that describe blessings as sources of health, life, and spiritual respite ([3], [4], [5]). Meanwhile, in narrative prose and poetry, blessings are employed to evoke emotional comfort or to underline pivotal moments of transformation—for example, when seen as a sign of lasting affection or even as a metaphor for life’s fortunes ([6], [7], [8]). This multifaceted usage underscores how blessings can simultaneously articulate hope, consolation, and the immutable interconnectedness of human experience.
  1. When you are desirous to receive a blessing from heaven (which you cannot, seriously, till you reform), I will beg to receive a blessing from you.
    — from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
  2. Once more, good night, And when you are desirous to be bles’d, I’ll blessing beg of you.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  3. "Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it
    — from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal
  4. A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling: he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  5. That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  6. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
    — from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Saint the Venerable Bede
  7. On entering the house he gave his blessing to everybody, and everyone in the family came to kiss his hand.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  8. May every blessing of Heaven attend you!
    — from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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