Literary notes about articles (AI summary)
The term "articles" in literature is remarkably versatile, appearing with varied meanings depending on context. In some works it denotes tangible items or commodities, such as pieces of furniture, clothing, or wares ([1], [2], [3]), reflecting everyday domestic or commercial life. In other texts, however, "articles" refers to written compositions or papers, whether journalistic contributions, scholarly writings, or even formal legal clauses ([4], [5], [6], [7], [8]). This dual usage—both as objects and texts—illustrates how authors adapt the term to suit diverse thematic and historical settings, from everyday trade and personal belongings ([9], [10]) to the structured realms of legal and academic discourse ([11], [12]).
- A few articles of furniture and a supply of food and water were within, together with a number of books and papers.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - There was a man with his wife and two boys and some articles of furniture in a cart such as greengrocers use.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - I had only a small, cheap satchel that contained a few articles of clothing I could get.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington - Ziff-Davis pays Datamation for the right to distribute the articles to CompuServe's subscribers.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - I have already written a few articles for several men's clubs, and I am writing another article.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting - The authors of these articles are paid at a standard rate, have journalist status and are also given stock options in the company.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - and as I have in Articles from XVII.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - these decisive points will be described, and in Articles from XVIII.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - —A name assumed by Vāniyans who have abandoned their hereditary occupation of oil-pressing, and taken to trade in grain and other articles.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - A small portion of the most useful articles of the plate had been bought by some young stockbrokers from the City.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - A Copy of Articles drawn up, and sworn to , 352 .
— from A General History of the Pyrates: by Daniel Defoe - Note 44 ( return ) [ See, in the Description of France, by the Abbe de Longuerue, the articles of Boulogne, part i. p. 54; Brabant, part ii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
