Literary notes about continue (AI summary)
The term "continue" is used in literature in varied ways, often serving as a marker of persistence or progression. In some works it directs the flow of dialogue or narrative, as when a character urges another to persist with their statement [1] or to carry on with a journey [2]. In many classical texts, "continue" helps emphasize the endurance of relationships, traditions, or states of being, such as a love that persists amidst social challenges [3] or a monument that remains a testament to its founders [4]. Additionally, scholarly and philosophical contexts employ the term to denote an uninterrupted process of thought, growth, or existence, as seen in reflections on nature and society [5], [6]. This diverse usage illustrates how "continue" can effortlessly shift from a literal action to a symbol of deeper continuity within the human experience.
- How could you possibly know that?” “Pray continue your very interesting statement.”
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - But I have made reflections enough for a traveller, it is time to continue my journey.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - I love you, as I have said; but so long as you continue to love the Frenchman I shall only ask you to consider me as your friend.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - We will leave it, with the aspiration that it may long continue a monument of the fortune of its founders.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - The prophet will not cease from preaching Christ: to whom all nations shall be converted: and whose church shall continue for ever.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - The existence and persistence of causal laws, it is true, must be regarded as a fortunate accident, and how long it will continue we cannot tell.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell