Literary notes about fellowship (AI summary)
The word fellowship in literature is employed to evoke the intimacy and unity found in diverse human connections, often serving as a bridge between individuals in both noble and troubled circumstances. It can denote the honorable bonds among chivalric orders and celebrated groups, as seen in the legendary assemblies of knights ([1], [2], [3]), while also evoking a sacred communion among believers and those dedicated to higher ideals ([4], [5], [6]). At times, fellowship is portrayed in more mundane or even critical settings—from convivial companionship over a shared drink or academic camaraderie ([7], [8], [9]) to the deliberate exclusion of those whose actions betray a lack of trust or mutual respect ([10], [11], [12]). This versatile term, therefore, encapsulates a dynamic spectrum of relationships that range from the purely social to the spiritually profound.
- Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere: 'The sequel of today unsolders all The goodliest fellowship of famous knights Whereof this world holds record.
— from Idylls of the King by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson - Then were they two knights fain that they had met with Tristram, and so they prayed him to abide in their fellowship.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory - For ye are the knight in the world that the noble fellowship of the Round Table most desireth to have the company of.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory - Therefore,’ said the saint, ‘thou, too, O mother, rejoice and weep not, for thy little son is with the Lord in the fellowship of the angels.’
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - And blessed are the men whom he calls to fellowship with him, bearing their cross after him with patience.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - I said, just for good fellowship's sake.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - On graduating from Harvard he received honors in Semitics and Philosophy, and was appointed to a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - I was to go up for my fellowship within a week, and was expected by my tutor and my college generally to distinguish myself.
— from She by H. Rider Haggard - The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship-
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - So by a roaring tempest on the flood A whole armado of convicted sail Is scattered and disjoin'd from fellowship.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - But kneels and holds up hands for fellowship, Does reason our petition with more strength Than thou hast to deny't.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
