Literary notes about Carry (AI summary)
In literature, the word carry operates on many levels. At times it denotes physical transportation—moving objects or even entire realms, as seen when characters are tasked to “carry it onward” or to “carry him off” ([1], [2])—while in other contexts it signifies the execution of a purpose or responsibility, such as carrying out a design or carrying on with a task ([3], [4], [5]). Moreover, authors often use carry in a metaphorical sense to imbue actions with emotional or symbolic weight, whether it’s to transfer attributes, convey the burden of memory, or represent the act of fulfilling one’s destiny ([6], [7], [8]). This layered usage enriches narratives by linking the tangible act of carrying with abstract notions of commitment, legacy, and human endeavor ([9], [10]).
- Now it is too late to go back to the house, but since you brought the door here you may carry it onward."
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - I will carry him off in your ship, and you will get a great deal of money for him if you take him and sell him in foreign parts.'
— from The Odyssey by Homer - Cardenio proposed to carry out the scheme they had begun, and suggested that Luscinda would act and support Dorothea's part sufficiently well.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - He had determined to carry out his original design.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass - 42-2 "My task on earth is now finished; you must carry on."
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Nerves, or sinews, are membranes without, and full of marrow within; they proceed from the brain, and carry the animal spirits for sense and motion.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - This is the truth of my story; and if the world, or my father, carry my intentions any farther, my own conscience will acquit me.”
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding - Even to your old age I am the same, and to your grey hairs I will carry you: I have made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could, he said, ‘Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed.’
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - Writing and talk do not prove me, I carry the plenum of proof and every thing else in my face, With the hush of my lips I wholly confound the skeptic.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
