Literary notes about ordered (AI summary)
The term “ordered” is used in a variety of ways across literary works, often conveying commands issued by authoritative figures in contexts ranging from military maneuvers to domestic arrangements. It frequently carries the weight of a formal directive, as seen when generals instruct their troops to execute specific movements ([1], [2], [3], [4]) and when heads of households or institutions assert control over events and possessions ([5], [6], [7]). At times, the word extends to a metaphorical sense, suggesting that events or circumstances are arranged by a higher power or follow an inherent logic ([8], [9], [10]). This diverse usage not only drives the narrative forward but also reflects the broader themes of authority, order, and destiny that run through these works ([11], [10]).
- Taking every precaution for the proper execution of movements ordered by the general.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Several other regiments were ordered to the same destination about the same time.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - He was carried before the Sultan, who ordered the executioner to cut off his head.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang - The king ordered his men to seize Svein, and he was put in irons.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson - I have ordered all the house to conceal the matter.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard and Héloïse - “Madame,” I burst out, “is this the night-cap which you ordered served to me?”
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter - She ordered books and magazines, and used to read them in her room.
— from The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Deor. ii. 8), in holding fast the belief that all things are ordered by a Divine Providence .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce - And is our theory a worse theory because we are unable to prove the possibility of a city being ordered in the manner described?
— from The Republic by Plato - Why does a strange discordance break The ordered scheme's fair harmony?
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius - Except at these times, you will never see a man, on board a well-ordered vessel, standing idle on deck, sitting down, or leaning over the side.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
