Literary notes about salubrious (AI summary)
Across literature, "salubrious" has been flexibly employed to denote qualities of healthfulness and rejuvenation, whether describing climates, environments, or even consumables. In some examples, it highlights the benefits of natural surroundings: for instance, an overall healthy climate is praised in [1] and [2], while a watercourse and even a port are noted for their vigorous qualities in [3]. At times, the term extends beyond the literal, as seen in Joyce’s assertion that an outhouse is "more salubrious" in [4] and in Santayana’s remark on the "too salubrious and biting air" that diminishes exotic mysteries in [5]. Its usage also traverses into the realms of social well-being and culinary advancement with Chekhov referring to a villa’s ambiance in [6] and the link to nourishing soups in [7], while Homer celebrates "salubrious draughts" that buoy the warriors in [8]. Collectively, these examples illustrate how "salubrious" has been adapted by various authors to evoke both literal and metaphorical senses of vitality and health.
- The climate is extremely cold in the higher, and intensely hot in the lower regions, yet on the whole it is salubrious.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - Its climate is salubrious, with as much sunshine as any city of America.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - The return of the imports and exports shows an immense increase in the prosperity of this, if not salubrious sea-port, at least healthy watercourse.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - The outhouse will do me nicely: it will be more salubrious.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - Pythagorean mysteries and hypnotisations, although periodically fashionable, have soon shrivelled in our too salubrious and biting air.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - In very truth, but for the prayers of your virtuous spouse in her salubrious villa near our town, there’s no knowing what might not have come to pass.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Our various cream soups and legume purées—those most salubrious creations of modern cookery are no doubt lineal descendants from the Apician pultes .
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius - The cordial beverage reverend Nestor shares: Salubrious draughts the warriors' thirst allay, And pleasing conference beguiles the day.
— from The Iliad by Homer
