Literary notes about Intoxicate (AI summary)
The word "intoxicate" in literature is a multifaceted term that authors have used to convey both literal inebriation and metaphorical states of being overwhelmed. For instance, in moral or prescriptive contexts, as in [1] and discussions of alcohol in [2] and [3], it denotes forbidden or cautionary indulgence, while in more figurative language the term suggests an irresistible attraction or state of charm—a sentiment captured in [4], [5], and even in a self-delusional sense in [6]. Its use extends beyond human behavior; in [7] and [8], it describes methods of subduing fish, and it is similarly applied to natural phenomena and the effects of environmental influences in [9] and [10]. Thus, across genres, "intoxicate" serves as a bridge between concrete physical effects and the subtler, often ambivalent, forces that captivate the mind or senses.
- Thou shalt not intoxicate thyself.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves - It is known that a small quantity of wine can intoxicate if it is soaked up with bread which is repeatedly dipped into the wine.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - Coffee or beer are its best accompaniments, and the one cannot intoxicate, the other must be largely imbibed to do so.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness by Cecil B. Hartley - It was a bright spring morning, one of those days which intoxicate one.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - For you see, Miss Lucy Graham was blessed with that magic power of fascination, by which a woman can charm with a word or intoxicate with a smile.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon - but now he only makes this comparison to intoxicate himself with his own delusions.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - —The fruit is used by the Filipinos to intoxicate the fish in ponds and sluggish streams.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - The natives use the plant to intoxicate the fish in ponds and sluggish streams.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - The mephitic gases of that region intoxicate the brain.
— from Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne - There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
— from The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems by Alexander Pope
