Literary notes about commercial (AI summary)
The term "commercial" in literature is deployed in a variety of contexts, often highlighting economic activities, regulatory frameworks, or the social dynamics of trade and profit. In historical and analytical texts, it denotes the structures of trade and policy—as seen in discussions of commercial regulations and policies in Burke’s works ([1]) and Adam Smith’s treatises ([2], [3], [4], [5]). In fictional narratives, the word helps set the scene or deepen character portrayal, such as the bustling urban landscapes in Jules Verne’s depiction of a "commercial street" ([6]) or the social stratifications underscored in Oscar Wilde’s and Dickens’s works ([7], [8], [9]). Meanwhile, figures like Dostoyevsky and Kant use the term to reflect on the broader implications of commerce on society and human behavior ([10], [11], [12]). Thus, whether framing economic discourse, historical analysis, or personal ambition, the adjective "commercial" serves as a versatile descriptor that enriches literary exploration of trade, culture, and the human condition.
- 2. To the commercial regulations then made.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke - It has been celebrated, however, as a masterpiece of the commercial policy of England.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - H2 anchor CHAPTER I. OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - Hence the inclination or willingness in the subjects of a commercial state to lend.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - The first English embassies to Russia arose altogether from commercial interests.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - In the centre of the new commercial street, I found the public cemetery, enclosed by an earthen wall.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - It puts one almost on a level with the commercial classes, doesn’t it?
— from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde - In commercial phrase, coffins were looking up; and, in the course of a few weeks, Oliver acquired a great deal of experience.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - “This friend,” I pursued, “is trying to get on in commercial life, but has no money, and finds it difficult and disheartening to make a beginning.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - They are industrious, commercial people; ‘the happiness of all’ is their case.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - On the civil and religious liberty of a state depends its commercial success.
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant - ‘The world is becoming too noisy, too commercial!’
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
