| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: and then I shall have done. I give you joy, my dear niece."
And looking at her complacently, she added, "Humph, we
certainly are a handsome family!"
Fanny coloured, and doubted at first what to say;
when, hoping to assail her on her vulnerable side,
she presently answered--
"My dear aunt, _you_ cannot wish me to do differently from
what I have done, I am sure. _You_ cannot wish me to marry;
for you would miss me, should not you? Yes, I am sure
you would miss me too much for that."
"No, my dear, I should not think of missing you,
Mansfield Park |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: Officers and others managing those branches 384
SALVATION AND SOCIAL REFORM LITERATURE
At home. Abroad Circulation
Weekly Newspapers ... 3 24 31,000,000
Monthly Magazines ... 3 12 2,400,000
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Total 6 36 33,400,000
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Total annual circulation of the above 33,400,000
Total annual circulation of other publications 4,000,000
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In Darkest England and The Way Out |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: an' we could hear lots o' folks on the wire a-gaspin'. All to
onct Sally she yelled again, an' says the front yard picket fence
hed just crumbled up, though they wa'n't no sign o' what done
it. Then everybody on the line could hear Cha'ncey an' old Seth
Bishop a-yellin' tew, an' Sally was shriekin' aout that suthin'
heavy hed struck the haouse - not lightnin' nor nothin', but suthin'
heavy again' the front, that kep' a-launchin' itself agin an'
agin, though ye couldn't see nothin' aout the front winders. An'
then... an' then...'
Lines of fright deepened on every face;
and Armitage, shaken as he was, had barely poise enough to prompt
The Dunwich Horror |
