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Literary notes about fair (AI summary)

In literature, the word "fair" takes on a richly varied character, serving as a marker for both physical beauty and harmonious order. It is often employed to evoke vivid visual imagery, from describing a pleasant day or a charming maiden (as in [1] and [2]) to portraying exquisite architecture or landscapes filled with light and balanced design (see [3] and [4]). At times the term extends into the realm of language itself, characterizing speech that is both pleasing and deceptively sincere ([5], [6]). In other instances, "fair" underscores the ideal of balance or propriety in both nature and human affairs, hinting at an underlying sense of justice or virtue ([7], [8]). This versatility allows authors to layer their narratives with a word that is as much about sensory allure as it is about ethical clarity.
  1. The day was fair, the wind favourable; all smiled on our nuptial embarkation.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  2. And the little girl was just such another as her mother: thin, fair, and slender.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  3. And he hath within many fair gardens, and many fair halls and chambers; and the pavement of his halls and chambers be of gold and silver.
    — from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
  4. At last they issued from the world of wood, And climbed upon a fair and even ridge, And showed themselves against the sky, and sank.
    — from Idylls of the King by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson
  5. If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  6. Vouchsafe me, for my meed, but one fair look; A smaller boon than this I cannot beg, And less than this, I am sure, you cannot give.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  7. Why does a strange discordance break The ordered scheme's fair harmony?
    — from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
  8. Being here, I'll wait if you make haste, and then I can testify on his behalf, if it should ever be necessary, that all was fair and right.
    — from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

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