Literary notes about daily (AI summary)
In literature, the word "daily" is a versatile term that often signals the rhythmic, habitual aspects of life, while also highlighting moments of routine duty and subtle transformation. Authors use it to anchor their narratives in time—whether it is the faithful ritual of temple visits and prayers ([1], [2]), the simple, recurring acts such as fetching water or lighting lamps ([1], [3]), or daily necessities like bread and nourishment ([4], [5]). At the same time, "daily" paints a picture of constant, sometimes mundane, life activities as well as significant patterns in broader social and personal contexts, from the mundane reporting of news ([6], [7]) to the ongoing trials of daily existence and self-denial ([8], [9]). This consistent use of "daily" not only emphasizes the passage of time but also explores the interplay between routine and change in human experience.
- Daily they go to the temple, light their lamps, and fetch water from the river.
— from The gardener by Rabindranath Tagore - And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - The father was very anxious to have a son to inherit his property: so he went to the church daily, and prayed God to give him a child, but in vain.
— from Filipino Popular Tales - Four years each day with daily bread was blest, By constant toil and constant prayer supplied.
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth - 'What is it you say after our daily bread?' 'Dear mother, don't be angry: I only said, and plenty of butter on it.'
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - A few readers of the Daily Telegraph even dared to say, "Why not, after all?
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - It was true that he wrote a literary column every Wednesday in The Daily Express , for which he was paid fifteen shillings.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce - Examples of what I mean are of daily occurrence in mercantile life.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer - The principle of interest rightly understood produces no great acts of self-sacrifice, but it suggests daily small acts of self-denial.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
