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Literary notes about events (AI summary)

The term “events” in literature carries a broad spectrum of meanings and functions. Some authors use it in a cosmic or philosophical sense—to denote the sequential unfolding of time or universal phenomena—as seen when the procession of all events defines duration itself ([1], [2]). In narratives, “events” can mark critical plot points or turning moments, whether enumerated as significant days of action ([3], [4]) or as the episodes that shape character and destiny ([5], [6]). It is also employed in historical and documentary texts, where events are catalogued to structure an account of time, as in the detailed listings of battles, wars, or political shifts ([7], [8]). Moreover, the colloquial phrase “at all events” appears repeatedly to assert certainty or dismiss alternative possibilities ([9], [10], [11]), illustrating its flexible use in both literary and conversational registers.
  1. The procession of all the events of the Universe, that is duration , is our concept of Time.
    — from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones
  2. The events proceeding are all that there is in the concept; and apart from the procession a conception of time is impossible.
    — from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones
  3. June 17th.—A day of events.
    — from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
  4. I come now to the events of the 16th and 17th of that month.
    — from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
  5. Her plan was to broach the question of leaving his roof this evening; the events of the day had urged her to the course.
    — from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  6. The Duke de la Rochefoucauld desired peace because of his dangerous wounds and ruined castles, which had made him dread even worse events.
    — from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld
  7. Events of 1799.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  8. Events Of The First Crusade.] None of the great sovereigns of Europe embarked their persons in the first crusade.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  9. At all events, I do, for one!"
    — from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
  10. 71 Still more earnestly will we beg of him at all events not to introduce the gods lamenting and saying, C ‘Alas!
    — from The Republic of Plato by Plato
  11. “At all events, I could not guess that you would invite me to dinner.”
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet

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