Literary notes about Noted (AI summary)
In literature, “noted” plays a dual role by both recording subtle observations and denoting well-established reputations. Authors may use it to indicate a moment of perception, as when a character faintly registers a detail during an event [1] or when a name is carefully jotted down amidst criticism [2]. At the same time, “noted” serves to highlight recognized qualities or statuses, such as a slaveholder infamous for his cruelty [3] or a scholar esteemed for his intellectual contributions [4]. Furthermore, the word helps to underscore specific historical or cultural details, marking information that resonates with established knowledge [5] or confirming official documentation [6].
- I got out at the next station, a little place whose name I scarcely noted, set right in the heart of a bog.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan - He took a pen and noted the name down, and said,— “But Tassoni has criticised Petrarch very ingeniously.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - He became involved in debt, and James was sold again to a wealthy slaveholder, noted for his cruelty.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs - An Yun was a noted scholar, a man of distinction in letters.
— from Korean folk tales : by Pang Im and Yuk Yi - And backward they turned by reason of the goddess, and noted the path by which their return was ordained.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius - The leading facts are noted in General Scott’s official dispatches.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney
