Literary notes about Parties (AI summary)
The term “parties” in literature is used with a remarkable versatility, serving to denote groups engaged in everything from political conflict and legal disputes to social gatherings and military expeditions. For instance, in historical and political texts, authors employ “parties” to refer to factions or camps—whether it is about hostilities that undermine governmental control ([1]) or rival political factions shaping national debate ([2], [3]). In legal and contractual contexts, the word underscores the idea of sides with defined rights or obligations, as seen in references to judicial champions ([4]) and marital compacts ([5]). At the same time, “parties” often evokes images of social and festive events, ranging from the dinner parties of high society ([6], [7], [8]) to more informal gatherings. This broad application across genres illustrates how “parties” operates as a flexible term that captures both collective identity and action in varied literary settings.
- The truth is, that when once hostilities are begun between parties, the government loses its control over society.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - The Communists do not form a separate party opposed to other working-class parties.
— from The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx - First, the ascendancy of our party from the collisions of parties.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - A trial by jury is a contest in which the parties are represented by champions, as in the judicial duels of an earlier time.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - In questions of marriage and divorce, affecting interests dearer than life, both parties in the compact are entitled to an equal voice.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper - Little Cackleby himself went to seven evening parties and told the story with comments and emendations at each place.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - "I can well believe you don't find them amusing, those parties; indeed, it's very good of you to go to them!" said Mme.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust - The private balls at the park then began; and parties on the water were made and accomplished as often as a showery October would allow.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
