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Literary notes about Loaded (AI summary)

In literature, "loaded" operates both in a literal and figurative capacity. It often denotes a state of being filled or burdened, whether referring to canoes and wagons heavy with supplies or treasures as seen when men prepared vessels for departure [1, 2, 3]. Beyond the physical, "loaded" enriches description by conveying an emotional or symbolic depth, as when a character is drenched in insults or fervor, imbuing the scene with an intensity that transcends the merely tangible [4, 5, 6]. Additionally, the word is frequently employed in the context of weaponry, where a loaded gun or pistol heightens suspense and informs the immediacy of action within the narrative [7, 8, 9]. This multiplicity of meanings not only emphasizes abundance—sometimes of goods, sometimes of emotions—but also creates a layered texture that deepens the reader's engagement with the text.
  1. the men loaded the canoes in readiness to depart.
    — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
  2. On one occasion I remember to have seen ten or a dozen wagons thus loaded with corn from two or three full cribs, almost without halting.
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman
  3. as soon as the shower had passed over we drew out our canoes, corked, repared and loaded them.
    — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
  4. I was his faithful slave, and earned him large wages every day, and yet I went to my cabin nightly, loaded with abuse and stinging epithets.
    — from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
  5. She was loaded to the eyelids with cold malice.
    — from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
  6. She called me infamous Seducer, loaded me with the bitterest reproaches, and beat her bosom in all the wildness of delirium.
    — from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis
  7. He inquired whether the revolver was loaded, and I said it was.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  8. Kirillov had suddenly snatched up from the window his revolver, which had been loaded and put ready since the morning.
    — from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  9. “I did not wish for her death,” replied Hermann: “my pistol was not loaded.”
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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