Literary notes about enterprise (AI summary)
The word “enterprise” in literature is used with remarkable versatility, often evoking the sense of ambition and daring inherent in human activity. In some works it denotes a grand personal or commercial undertaking that contributes to one’s glory or reputation [1], while in others it is employed to describe the careful, sometimes secretive, strategies behind trade and business [2], [3]. It also surfaces in narratives of military campaigns and bold ventures, lending a tone of risk and audacity to the epic deeds of characters [4], [5], [6]. At times the term takes on an even more abstract, metaphorical meaning, symbolizing the indomitable spirit of innovation and perseverance in the face of adversity [7], [8]. Whether applied to the cautious pursuit of a firm’s interests in a modern context [9] or to the lofty, almost sacred, aims of historical heroes [10], [11], “enterprise” encapsulates a dynamic blend of commercial zeal, military resolve, and personal determination, making it a favored descriptor across a spectrum of literary works [12], [13].
- She formed at the least a brilliant addition to the glory of his enterprise.
— from Medea of Euripides by Euripides - An enormous nightcap entirely concealed her face—an excellent precaution which favoured the bookseller’s enterprise.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - In 1900, the first gear-driven electric coffee grinder was put on the market by the Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pennsylvania.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - A scheme unexecuted is with them a positive loss, a successful enterprise a comparative failure.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - For all this, war had not yet broken out: there was still truce for a while; for this was a private enterprise on the part of Corinth.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - There could be no more signal proof of the courage, or rather the extraordinary audacity of the Roman enterprise.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius - He was deficient, however, in energy, and, consequently, in that spirit of enterprise which is here so absolutely requisite.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - And it was with an aspect of hopeless vacancy that he gave up his intellectual enterprise.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad - Thanking you for the interest you have shown in our enterprise, we remain, “Yours very truly, “THE ROLLINGS RELIABLE “BAKING POWDER Co.”
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - O Brutus, The heavens speed thee in thine enterprise!
— from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare - His providence would watch over their safety; perhaps his visible and miraculous power would smooth the difficulties of their holy enterprise.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - “Ah, sir,” (saith she) “that my harte forethinketh both the best and worste of our intended enterprise.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Thus past away five days, during which I had prepared every thing necessary for my enterprise.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis