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Literary notes about Pages (AI summary)

The term "pages" in literature functions both as a literal marker of a text's physical structure and as a potent metaphorical device. In many works, pages denote specific segments of a printed work, guiding the reader to particular content or arguments ([1], [2], [3], [4]). At the same time, authors often invoke "pages" to represent the unfolding narrative of life or memory—for instance, referring to the "secret pages" of a heart or using them to imply the weight and significance of one's past ([5], [6]). Additionally, the word appears in more unexpected roles, such as describing young attendants in historical or fictional settings ([7], [8]), emphasizing both its concrete and symbolic versatility in literature.
  1. Pages 274 - 279 REASON IN RELIGION CHAPTER
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  2. Read aloud selections on pages 50-54 , paying special attention to pause.
    — from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
  3. Pages numbered, commencing with verso of title from 2-314.
    — from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
  4. [60] Pages 30-32.
    — from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
  5. "A frightful exhibition," I said, "and one which will very possibly ring down history's pages.
    — from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
  6. “They are envious, madam, and they would pity me if they could read the secret pages of my heart.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  7. Six gorgeous gentlemen-servants and two young pages of high degree, clothed like butterflies, sprang to their feet and bowed low before him.
    — from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
  8. I entered an enormous ante-room in which stood officers, footmen, pages, and lacqueys, all gazing at me with the greatest astonishment.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

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