Literary notes about Sovereign (AI summary)
The word “sovereign” appears in literature with a rich plurality of meanings, often signaling ultimate authority or control. In some works it designates a ruler or supreme figure whose will dictates political or legal outcomes, as when a character petitions their king or emphasizes personal freedom in relation to higher power ([1], [2], [3]). In other texts it carries metaphorical or secondary senses, referring not only to monarchy but also to concepts like essential remedies or coinage that command respect and intrinsic value ([4], [5]). Across historical narratives, dramatic monologues, and poetic passages, “sovereign” bridges the literal exercise of dominion with abstract ideals of superiority and autonomy ([6], [7], [8]).
- The Roman, in the presence of his sovereign, asserted the innocence of Athanasius and his own freedom.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Grant me the combat, gracious sovereign. BASSET.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - To explain, however, in what way the tribunes did sometimes represent it, it is enough to conceive how the government represents the Sovereign.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Orange juice is the sovereign remedy, and should be given in a dosage of about 2 ounces a day.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - "Still, I daresay in my pocket—" "You told me three days ago that you hadn't anything but a sovereign's worth of silver upon you."
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. Wells - “What I hoped to do in this land, namely, to please the sovereign.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord:
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - The poet, however, has so far modernised the subject as to make Hamlet a Christian, and England tributary to the "sovereign majesty of Denmark."
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
