Literary notes about Venture (AI summary)
The word "venture" in literature often connotes an act of daring, whether it be a physical journey into uncertainty or a cautious expression of opinion. Writers use it to emphasize the inherent risk in both literal and metaphorical endeavors—for instance, characters risk stepping into perilous weather or unknown territories [1, 2], while others employ it to tentatively offer thoughts or deductions, as when a speaker prefaces a proposal with "I venture to say" [3, 4]. In this way, "venture" encapsulates not only brave physical movements toward a goal but also the boldness needed to articulate a personal belief or judgment [5, 6].
- The day was miserably wet and windy, altogether the very last day upon which even the most confirmed idler and gossip would care to venture out.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon - This voyage of eight hundred miles was a perilous venture on a craft of twenty tons, and at that season of the year.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - Your excellency, I venture to suggest...”
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - You and I, Emma, will venture to take the part of the poor husband.
— from Emma by Jane Austen - He made up his mind to venture it; he would risk translating rays into faith.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams - At last he looked straight at Raskolnikov, and said loudly and resolutely: “May I venture, honoured sir, to engage you in polite conversation?
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
