Literary notes about arrangement (AI summary)
Across literary works, “arrangement” is employed to denote a spectrum of meanings from literal order to abstract formation. In some texts it refers to a precise ordering or configuration, whether that be in numerical puzzles [1] or in the deliberate planning of physical objects, such as a boat carriage [2] or a room’s decor [3]. In other contexts, writers invoke “arrangement” to describe structured plans or interpersonal agreements, ranging from the organization of reels in a conversation [4] and matrimonial negotiations [5] to broader reflections on the patterned forces of life [6]. Authors also use the term to signal both the aesthetic layout of elements [7] and the intricate details of social or political schemes [8], [9], showcasing its versatility in conveying both concrete and metaphorical order.
- Move them thus: 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 6, 7, 1, 5, 8, 1, 5, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, 2, 7, and you have the arrangement in the second square.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - General arrangement of the boat carriage.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The reflected radiance served to show, pretty distinctly, the aspect and arrangement of the room which Hepzibah entered, after descending the stairs.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne - " "What? meaning to stand?" said Mr. Cadwallader, going on with the arrangement of the reels which he had just been turning.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - I had another and as important an arrangement to conclude, I mean with respect to Marcoline.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - Its marvellous effect lay altogether in its artistic arrangement as a picture.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - “It appears to me the most desirable arrangement in the world.”
— from Emma by Jane Austen - All their attention seems employed on finding a reasonable arrangement of life, and on avoiding all inconveniences.
— from On Love by Stendhal