Literary notes about Commission (AI summary)
The word “commission” is used in literature with great versatility, spanning a variety of contexts and nuances. At times, it denotes a formal assignment or order, often with a military or political flavor—as when characters discuss receiving an official military commission [1, 2, 3] or being entrusted with a key governmental task [4, 5, 6, 7]. In other passages, it represents a personal mission or duty whose fulfillment may come with a sense of honor or, conversely, with personal burden [8, 9, 10, 11]. Moreover, some authors employ the term metaphorically to imply a task imbued with destiny or divine authority, or even as an administrative entity responsible for significant decisions [12, 13]. This range of applications underscores how “commission” can simultaneously signal official responsibility, personal endeavor, and institutional authority within literary works.
- Received a lieut.’s commission in the Sicilian Regt., and subsequently in 61st Foot.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call by Charles Dalton - Received an ensign’s commission in 1795, but continued his education and studied “the art of war” at the Milit.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call by Charles Dalton - It was General Royer who gave me my commission.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan - No definite plans were made for the next meeting of the Commission.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting - The Commission will receive, administer, and distribute all receipts from Germany in cash or in kind.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes - [43] The Reparation Commission is authorized under the Treaty (Part VIII Annex V. para.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes - 234, the Commission may not cancel any part of the indebtedness without the specific authority of all the Governments represented on the Commission.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes - But she refused, pleading her age as her pretext, and declaring herself too stricken in years to bear so difficult a commission.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo - “I should be ashamed to trouble you with such an unpleasant commission,” replied Vassili.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - Morrel was preparing to fulfil his commission.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Therefore prepare you, I your commission will forthwith dispatch, And he to England shall along with you.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare - ; a commission graciously devolved by God upon a human agent, Ro. 1.5; 12.3; 15.15. 1 Co. 3.10. 2 Co. 1.12.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield - here the warrant and commission of the apostles and their successors, the bishops and
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
