Literary notes about Repository (AI summary)
In literature, the term repository is employed in diverse ways to evoke the notion of a container or storehouse—whether of physical objects, intangible virtues, or accumulated wisdom. At times it denotes a literal place for safeguarding items, as seen when annotating a museum of arts or even a cellar for drinks [1][2][3]. At other times it takes on a metaphorical role, embodying the keeper of loyalty and patriotism [4] or the repository of historical narratives and secrets [5][6]. The word also carries religious and philosophical connotations, suggesting a sacred custodian of divine revelation [7] or a symbol of imperishable values [8]. Thus, its varied usage richly contributes to the imagery and thematic layering of literary texts.
- LONDON: PRINTED FOR R. ACKERMANN, REPOSITORY OF ARTS, 101, STRAND.
— from Healthful Sports for Young Ladies by Mademoiselle St. Sernin - Of the Cellar or Repository for keeping Beers and Ales .
— from The London and Country Brewer by Anonymous - The Horticultural Repository, containing Delineations of the best Varieties of the Different Species of English Fruits.
— from The Cherries of New York by U. P. Hedrick - He is the repository of Loyalty and Patriotism.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe - I found a tremendous blank, in the place of that smiling repository of my confidence.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - Thou art the repository of all histories and discourses.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 - Nay, by Him Whom God hath made to be the Repository of His Revelation, if thou be of them that comprehend.
— from Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh - "To love both the invisible God, Repository of All Virtues, and visible man, apparently possessed of none, is often baffling!
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda