Literary notes about versant (AI summary)
The term "versant" is employed with notable versatility in literature. In some passages it conveys a sense of expertise or acquaintance, as when a character is described as having deep knowledge of old English poetry [1, 2] or military affairs [3, 4]. In other instances, it functions geographically to denote a side or slope, such as references to the Caribbean [5, 6, 7] and Pacific [8, 9, 10] regions. Additionally, the word takes on a poetic dimension by evoking the imagery of a gentle, flowing action—sometimes suggesting the shedding of tears or the pouring forth of emotions [11, 12, 13].
- 'That is owing to his being so much versant in old English poetry[447].'
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by James Boswell - 'That is owing to his being so much versant in old English poetry.'
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson by James Boswell - He was well versant in military affairs and took great delight in war, of which he endured the labours and privations with much patient fortitude.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr - He is a gentleman necessarily more versant in these matters than any other man in the kingdom.
— from Trial of Deacon Brodie - The one Costa Rican locality of record also is in the Caribbean versant.
— from Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by J. Knox Jones - Hyla staufferi does not occur on the Caribbean versant of Costa Rica and Panamá.
— from The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by Juan R. León - The Golfo Dulce region and the Caribbean versant are humid and inhabited by Hyla elaeochroa .
— from The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by Juan R. León - —Sea level to about 1800 meters along the Pacific versant of western México from central Guerrero to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ( Fig. 17 ).
— from A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch - —Low to moderate elevations on the Pacific versant of southeastern Chiapas, México ( Fig. 7 ); probably extending into adjacent Guatemala.
— from A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch - —Low to moderate elevations along the Pacific versant of Chiapas and in the Grijalva valley of Chiapas and Guatemala ( Fig. 17 ).
— from A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch - “Vous souvient-il? que plus tard, sous les armes Plusieurs donons, désignés par le sort, Loin des parents; versant d’amères larmes,
— from Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat - Angustas animas angusto in pectore versant .
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Horace says: "—— Carminibus quæ versant atque venenis Humanos animos ."
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
