Literary notes about hence (AI summary)
The term “hence” frequently functions as a bridge between thought and consequence, linking cause to effect or indicating a transition from origin to result. In literary usage, it can denote a logical conclusion from what has preceded—as when it introduces a deduction or explanation in legal or philosophical discourse [1, 2, 3]—or mark a spatial or temporal departure, suggesting movement away from a point or time, as seen when characters are directed away or actions are linked to absent past conditions [4, 5]. Additionally, authors employ it to emphasize the inevitability or inherent nature of a given circumstance, whether describing historical, mythological, or natural phenomena [6, 7, 8], thereby enriching the narrative with both a sense of continuity and reflective purpose [9, 10].
- Hence the plaintiff must always be privy in estate with the covenantee.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - Hence arises the question, 'What is great, what is small?' and thus begins the distinction of the visible and the intelligible.
— from The Republic by Plato - Hence, when consideration was required as such, it was required in contracts not under seal, whether debts or not.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - You spurn me hence, and he will spurn me hither; If I last in this service, you must case me in leather.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Go hence; good night; and here stands all your state: Either be gone before the watch be set, Or by the break of day disguis'd from hence.
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Now, in their language, "iron helmet" is Tang-küeh , hence the name of the country.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - It lives a thousand years, hence it is emblem of longevity in art and literature.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis - From hence the custom passed westward to Greece, Italy, and the extremities of Europe.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - Hence arose two tendencies, distinct but not opposite, which are constantly discernible in the manners as well as in the laws of the country.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - Hence labour was something that both races on the slave plantation sought to escape.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
