Timeline for "I went down the aisle, even to the side of the bier" - "even to"?
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| Dec 10, 2020 at 15:30 | vote | accept | John V | ||
| Dec 10, 2020 at 14:58 | answer | added | Jack O'Flaherty | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 13:26 | comment | added | legatrix | OK, at this point I am starting to think it's likely deliberate allusion to Biblical language. | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 13:14 | comment | added | John V | @legatrix Gosh, and a few sentences below, there is yet another "even" I am unable to completely understand:*and even as once before (was it eons or instants ago?) my soul was locked in the marble hell of its supreme grief and regret.* | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 13:09 | comment | added | John V | @legatrix Smith was born in 1893 and died in 1961, most of his stories were written between 1920-1950. | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 13:07 | comment | added | legatrix | When was it written? The repeated use of even might purposely be trying to evoke Biblical language. (Specifically, the King James Version.) Especially since it seems to be set in and around cathedrals. | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 12:22 | history | edited | John V | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2020 at 12:21 | comment | added | John V | @legatrix Yeah, this word seems to be used in the work I am reading in quite a special way :) I tried to simplify the sentence, it is a bit different, so will change it back to the original. | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 12:20 | comment | added | legatrix | Another even question! We need more context here, otherwise it's not really possible to distinguish the meanings of even discussed in your other question. | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 12:06 | history | asked | John V | CC BY-SA 4.0 |