Literary notes about sentiment (AI summary)
In literature, the term "sentiment" is employed in a multifaceted way to denote both individual emotional dispositions and broader collective moods. Authors use it to express deeply held personal convictions, as in a passionate declaration of independence [1][2][3], or a tender, almost protective feeling toward another character [4][5][6]. At the same time, it may signify a societal or cultural attitude—ranging from shared nationalistic pride [7][8][9] to the subtle undercurrents of moral or aesthetic judgment [10][11][12]. Thus, "sentiment" becomes a versatile concept, bridging the inner landscape of personal emotion with the larger framework of communal values and historical forces.
- It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence, now, and INDEPENDENCE FOREVER.
— from Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch by Edward Sylvester Ellis - It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now , and Independence forever.”
— from Daniel Webster for Young AmericansComprising the greatest speeches of the defender of the Constitution by Daniel Webster - It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence, now , and INDEPENDENCE FOR EVER .”
— from The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Daniel Webster - I was surprised at this sentiment and involuntarily glanced up at his face.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce - But for the little newborn baby he felt a quite peculiar sentiment, not of pity, only, but of tenderness.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - “No one would ever think of sentiment in connection with you.”
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - Switzerland has a strong sentiment of nationality, though the cantons are of different races, different languages, and different religions.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill - In South America we will meet a tremendous pro-German sentiment, and a by no means inconsiderable anti-“Yankee” sentiment.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount - It was their unanimous sentiment, that a first marriage was adequate to all the purposes of nature and of society.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - THE PLEASING SENTIMENT OF APPROBATION; and vice the contrary.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume - The same sentiment says “yes” and “no” in the human heart.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - We have tried to put reason before sentiment, duty before love; our minds approve, but our hearts reproach us.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
