| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: he has been dashed, and the shallows where he has
been stranded.
The errour into which I was betrayed, when
custom first gave me up to my own direction, is very
frequently incident to the quick, the sprightly, the
fearless, and the gay; to all whose ardour hurries
them into precipitate execution of their designs,
and imprudent declaration of their opinions; who
seldom count the cost of pleasure, or examine the
distant consequences of any practice that flatters
them with immediate gratification.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: lady whom I would die to serve!" He went on with increasing
volubility, his deliberate English swept away by a torrent of
Italian, through which Wyant, with some difficulty, struggled to
a comprehension of the case.
Count Ottaviano, according to his own statement, had come to
Siena some months previously, on business connected with his
mother's property; the paternal estate being near Orvieto, of
which ancient city his father was syndic. Soon after his arrival
in Siena the young Count had met the incomparable daughter of
Doctor Lombard, and falling deeply in love with her, had
prevailed on his parents to ask her hand in marriage. Doctor
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Human Drift by Jack London: her.]
LORETTA. [With horror, repulsing him.] No! No!
NED. [Surprised.] What's the matter?
LORETTA. [Agitatedly.] Would you make me a wickeder woman than I
am?
NED. A kiss?
LORETTA. There will be another scandal. That would make two
scandals.
NED. To kiss the woman I love . . . a scandal?
LORETTA. Billy loves me, and he said so.
NED. Billy is a joker . . . or else he is as innocent as you.
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