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The word “bring” in literature is employed with a remarkable range of nuances, serving both literal and metaphorical functions. In many instances it denotes a physical transfer or the act of fetching—whether it is a character being escorted home ([1], [2], [3]), or an object being delivered, as when a character is instructed to bring in specific items ([4], [5]). In other examples, “bring” extends to more abstract realms: it can signify the revival or the culmination of ideas, as seen when narratives are brought to a close ([6]), or when the act of “bringing” becomes a means to usher about transformation or revelation, such as in guiding souls toward salvation or in stirring emotions ([7], [8]). Additionally, the word sometimes possesses an authoritative or commanding tone, used to demand action or signal an impending change ([9], [10]). This versatility highlights how a single term can perform multiple functions, bridging the concrete and the conceptual while enhancing the narrative flow and emotional impact across diverse literary styles and eras.
  1. We also met Mr. Rogers... who kindly left his carriage to bring us home.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  2. I went back to my inn, and asked my landlord to bring the bill.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  3. I'll tell Briggs to bring the carriage round.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  4. “Volodya will bring us gold and ivory from America, but if you tell mamma he won’t be allowed to go.”
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  5. “Quick!” said I, “light us a fire, and bring some glasses and a bottle of champagne.”
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  6. * * * * * But it is time to bring my narrative to a close.
    — from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
  7. By this we see, that the poor servants of God, whom we have relieved by our alms, may hereafter, by their intercession, bring our souls to heaven.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  8. I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
    — from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth
  9. Why then you are a justice of peace, and may send me to gaol, if you please, and bring me to a trial for my life!
    — from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
  10. ‘Very good,’ said the old gentleman, raising his voice, ‘then bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.’
    — from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

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