Literary notes about Trone (AI summary)
The term "trone" assumes multiple intertwined roles in literature, functioning both as a proper name and as an evocative symbol of authority or public function. In certain contexts, it is used as an honorific surname applied to characters, lending them an air of distinction and sometimes whimsy, as seen with figures like Petie Trone, Esq. ([1], [2], [3]). In other instances, "trone" denotes an object imbued with symbolic power—the very seat of command or a public implement such as a weighing-machine or pillory—thus evoking themes of judgment and sovereignty ([4], [5]). Moreover, its appearance in poetic and archaic texts often underscores a ritualistic or mythological dimension, with references to celestial orders or majesty through phrases that echo grand declarations and liturgical cadence ([6], [7]). Whether marking the vicinity of a royal assembly, a church, or serving as a prop in symbolic settings, "trone" enriches the text by layering meanings of physicality, authority, and identity. This multifaceted use invites readers to reflect on notions of power, status, and the interplay between the literal and metaphorical in literary discourse ([8], [9]).
- I have long wanted Miss Mackintosh to make a bust of Petie Trone, Esq.
— from Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson - "I'll sing all my songs to Petie Trone, Esq."
— from Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson - "Hullo! here comes a wounded hero;" for Petie Trone, Esq., had appeared, limping dolefully.
— from Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson - Lugs , ears; tacked , nailed; trone , an old word, properly signifying the public weighing-machine, and sometimes used for the pillory.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various - trone , a public weighing-machine standing in a market-place.
— from Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters by John Galt - Trone , sb. throne, S, PP, S3, C2, C3, W; trones , pl. , S; one of the nine orders of angels, WA; tronen , S2.—OF.
— from John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address by John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy - 1085 `O mighty god,' quod Pandarus, `in trone, Ey!
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer - A Roman would have more naturally recollected the second Agrippina: Et moi, qui sur le trone ai suivi mes ancetres:
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - There is stage furniture in Jupiter's "trone," and in the coming and going of the characters at least a semblance of action.
— from Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare
