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The term "embargo" in literature has been employed in a variety of ways that reveal its rich semantic flexibility. In many Spanish texts, phrases such as "sin embargo" serve as transitional markers meaning "nevertheless" or "however," as seen repeatedly in Galdós and Remy and Roessler's works ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]). In contrast, English-language literature often uses "embargo" in its literal sense to denote formal prohibitions on trade, commerce, or even the flow of ideas. For instance, Ukers discusses trade restrictions in the commodity world ([11], [12]), Thomas Jefferson and others detail embargoes as political or economic tools ([13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]), and Dumas refers to halting maritime activities ([20], [21]). Additionally, Austen employs the term metaphorically to suggest a suspension of expression ([22]), while both Freud and Frazer examine embargoes in broader socio-cultural contexts ([23], [24]). Together, these examples illustrate how "embargo" can function not only as a linguistic connector in Spanish literature but also as a potent symbol of prohibition and restriction in political and economic narratives.
  1. Sin embargo, 20 ocurre un fenómeno singular que no deja de ser común en la vida, y es que si esta exaltación del afecto materno
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  2. Yo, sin embargo, estoy por lo contrario, y sea testigo mi sobrino, a quien he enseñado la sublime lengua.
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  3. La gran riqueza de la isla, sin embargo, consiste en las vegas de tabaco, de caña de azúcar, de café y de algodón.
    — from A First Spanish Reader by Alfred Remy and Erwin W. Roessler
  4. y sin embargo, aquella ave no era más 30 que un pañuelo.
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  5. Sin embargo, no había odio en su alma contra el mozalvete doctor.
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  6. Sin embargo, para hombres de tanto saber como usted, quizá no tenga ningún mérito, y cualquier 15 mercado de hierro será más bello.
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  7. Pepe Rey, aceptando con gozo aquellas fórmulas de concordia, vió, sin embargo, el cielo abierto cuando el sacerdote salió del comedor y de la casa.
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  8. No pudo, sin embargo, contener la risa cuando vió a D. Juan Tafetán descolgar un guitarrillo 5 y
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  9. Qué es lo que ponemos sobre la mesa, partimos por la mitad, y sin embargo no comemos?
    — from A First Spanish Reader by Alfred Remy and Erwin W. Roessler
  10. Aunque en el mapa parece pequeño, sin embargo es tres veces más grande que el Estado de Washington.
    — from A First Spanish Reader by Alfred Remy and Erwin W. Roessler
  11. The experience gained in Germany, where an embargo was placed upon transactions in futures, is illuminating.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  12. He referred to the complete embargo of trade to Europe which the colonists were enduring.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  13. He thought war should be declared before Congress adjourned, and, to hasten its coming, he had recommended an embargo for sixty days.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  14. Van Buren had approved embargo, non-intercourse, and the war itself.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  15. Obadiah German had much to say in defence of the justice and prudence of the embargo.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  16. As a weapon of coercion, exclaimed Cady, embargo has been a failure—as a measure of defence it has been suicidal.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  17. Clinton's speech did not convince Federalists that embargo was the product of profound statesmanship.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  18. The embargo would tie up the ships to rot, throw seamen out of employment, destroy perishable commodities like breadstuffs, and paralyse trade.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  19. Better to lose two by seizure than the destruction of all by embargo.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  20. “I have just placed an embargo on all vessels at present in his Majesty’s ports, and without particular permission, not one dare lift an anchor.”
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  21. [26] Embargo : an order not to sail.
    — from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift
  22. I lay no embargo on any body's words.
    — from Persuasion by Jane Austen
  23. This impossibility finally lays an embargo upon the whole world.
    — from Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud
  24. Sometimes the embargo laid on personal names is not permanent; it is conditional on circumstances, and when these change it ceases to operate.
    — from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

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