Literary notes about Partisan (AI summary)
The term "partisan" in literature is remarkably versatile, used to evoke notions of fealty, bias, and even specialized weaponry. On one hand, it frequently denotes a person who is a devoted adherent to a cause or political faction, as seen in descriptions of impassioned political loyalty ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]). On the other hand, the word extends to military contexts where it refers to irregular fighters or guerrilla warfare, suggesting a rough, unconventional method of combat ([8], [9], [10]). Moreover, in some texts, "partisan" even appears as the name of a weapon, adding a literal dimension to its otherwise figurative use ([11]). In combining these varied senses, authors employ the term to underline the intensity of personal commitment and the divisive nature of political or military engagement.
- The astounding insolence of the French minister gained a zealous partisan for Leopold.
— from Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach - For at this moment I am sensible that I have not the temper of a philosopher; like the vulgar, I am only a partisan.
— from Phaedo by Plato - [122] Spencer never got over being a violent partisan, but he was an impartial, honest judge.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Kent, now thirty-five years old, a great lawyer and a strong partisan, had the i. 69 conservatism of Jay, and held to the principles of Hamilton.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - I became his zealous partisan, and contributed all I could to raise a party in his favour, and we combated for him awhile with some hopes of success.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin - “So quaint, my dear?” murmured Mrs. Walker in the tone of a partisan of Winterbourne.
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James - Some historians, indeed, are so frankly partisan or cynical that they avowedly write history with a view to effect, either political or literary.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - Do you know of a Russian directive for partisan warfare?
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 4 by Various - Colonel John S. Mosby had for a long time been commanding a partisan corps, or regiment, which operated in the rear of the Army of the Potomac.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - CHAPTER III The so-called partisan war began with the entry of the French into Smolénsk.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - He did cast the dart, throw the bar, put the stone, practise the javelin, the boar-spear or partisan, and the halbert.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
