Literary notes about Impeccable (AI summary)
The term "impeccable" is often invoked in literature to elevate a subject—be it a person, object, or abstract quality—to a state of unblemished perfection. Writers employ it to highlight virtuous character traits, as when a devoted spouse is called an "impeccable wife" [1] or an individual is praised for upholding "impeccable morals" in both private and public spheres [2]. At times, it extends to artistic descriptions, imbuing works of art and architectural details with a flawless, almost ethereal quality, as seen when an artist’s style is described as "almost impeccable" [3] or when minute details like "impeccable yard plots" and attire evoke a refined standard [4], [5]. In other instances, the word is used with a touch of irony to underscore the disparity between idealized standards and human imperfection [6] or to question the very notion of infallibility when applied to historical figures or institutions [7], [8]. Thus, "impeccable" serves as a versatile literary tool, imbuing its subjects with an aura of untarnished excellence across diverse contexts [9], [10].
- In reality she was a tender-hearted and anxious mother, daughter, and sister, and an impeccable wife, if a somewhat monotonous one.
— from The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton - If you read the papers you will gather that each of us is, in private life, impeccable, and each of us is, in business, as merciless as an epidemic."
— from Destiny by Charles Neville Buck - They are exquisite works of art, written in an almost impeccable style.
— from Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson Selected and Edited With an Introduction and Notes by William Lyon Phelps by Robert Louis Stevenson - [6] "Impeccable yard plots, whitened flaggings and steps."
— from Selina: Her Hopeful Efforts and Her Livelier Failures by George Madden Martin - Rastignac beholding himself well dressed and impeccable as to gloves and boots, forgot his virtuous resolutions.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac - "Because that nameless fool of a reporter with his sanctimonious airs and impeccable morals, has put you against me you want to sack me.
— from Wild Wings: A Romance of Youth by Margaret Piper Chalmers - Must I also believe the same of the apostles or else believe them impeccable?
— from A Series of Letters, in Defence of Divine Revelation In Reply to Rev. Abner Kneeland's Serious Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Same. To Which is Added, a Religious Correspondence, Between the Rev. Hosea Ballou, and the Rev. Dr. Joseph Buckminster and Rev. Joseph Walton, Pastors of Congregational Churches in Portsmouth, N. H. by Hosea Ballou - The pope regarded as a man, irrespective of his office, is no more infallible than he is impeccable, or than is any Christian believer.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various - They are not permitted to be human; they are required to be for ever divine and for ever impeccable.
— from Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac - Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
