Literary notes about peerless (AI summary)
Across a wide span of literature, "peerless" consistently serves as an exalted epithet, denoting qualities that are unsurpassed and unique. Authors employ it to enhance characters or objects, whether to emphasize the unparalleled skill of a trusted companion or leader, as in [1] and [2], or to celebrate remarkable beauty, be it in a radiant bride or a goddess-like heroine ([3], [4], [5]). In historical and narrative accounts, the term elevates the subject to a status beyond comparison—often connoting excellence in physical beauty, moral character, or heroic virtue—as seen in references to peerless knights ([6]), master interpreters of scriptures ([7]), or even enigmatic figures like Juan the Peerless Robber ([8], [9]). This versatility highlights how "peerless" has been a favored adjective in literature to bestow an aura of unmatched distinction and reverence upon its subjects ([10], [11]).
- His daughter, of course, was there, led by the faithful, peerless friend who was so soon to follow him into the Undiscovered Country.[79]
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - Book of same title, M.M. Ballou. 5. Moses the Peerless Leader .
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - "My peerless bride, it is successful!
— from Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne - She won without a single woman's wile, Illumining the earth with peerless smile.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo - My love, my life, my bride, my peerless beauty.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - Grant me this, Sir Lancelot, as thou art a peerless knight.”
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Sir James Knowles and Sir Thomas Malory - 12-11 Sri Yukteswar was a peerless interpreter of the scriptures.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Juan the Peerless Robber.
— from Filipino Popular Tales - Juan the Peerless Robber 69 9.
— from Filipino Popular Tales - The appellation, we are told, was given in compliment to a peerless dame of the family, celebrated for a fine arm.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving - No, my masters, no; it is peerless, incomparable, and not to be matched; and this am I resolved for ever to maintain even unto the fire exclusive.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais