Literary notes about discover (AI summary)
The word "discover" in literature functions on multiple levels, serving as both a literal act of uncovering hidden objects and a metaphor for learning deeper truths. For instance, it is used to portray a tangible revelation—the identification of a mysterious tree carrying a life-giving fruit ([1]) or the unearthing of previously unknown stars ([2])—while also representing intellectual pursuits such as investigating principles or uncovering secrets in human relationships ([3], [4]). Moreover, "discover" is employed to highlight the unfolding of personal insight and self-realization ([5], [6]), and it can carry a tone of urgency or wit when a character seeks to expose deceptions or navigate complex challenges ([7], [8]). In this way, the term enriches narrative layers, bridging the physical act of finding with the deeper journey of understanding, as seen in diverse contexts across dramatic and philosophical texts ([9], [10]).
- [and you will be able at once to discover which tree it is that bears the fruit which renders you immortal—the Amrita]....
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway - The old astronomer said, "Give me a larger eye, and I will discover new stars and suns ."
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Our problem then is to discover what texts were available to them in 1593 and who were the priests who formed the editorial board.
— from Doctrina Christiana - I examined all my apparatus, however, with great attention, and could discover nothing out of order.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - The world was to me a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - But when, in my desire to discover my own place within my species, I consider its different ranks and the men who fill them, where am I now?
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Patience is required to discover the shortest way of doing this.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - On my lighting the candle she seemed uneasy, and said that the light might discover us if anybody came up to the fourth floor.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - He has to discover the truth and must fight the opposite.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - For the credit of human nature, I am always pleased to discover some good qualities in those men whom party has represented as tyrants and monsters.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon