| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: between her and the Prince of Orange; whereupon her highness wept
all that afternoon and the following day." Her tears had not
ceased to flow when, two days after the announcement of her
marriage, Lord Chancellor Finch, on behalf of the council, came
to congratulate her; and Lord Chief Justice Rainsford, on the
part of the judges, complimented her in extravagant terms.
This union, which the bride regarded with so much repugnance, was
appointed to take place on the 4th of November, that date being
the bridegroom's birthday, as likewise the anniversary of his
mother's nativity. Dr. Luke gives a quaint account of the
ceremony. "At nine o'clock at night," he writes, "the marriage
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ion by Plato: better than any man; and that neither Metrodorus of Lampsacus, nor
Stesimbrotus of Thasos, nor Glaucon, nor any one else who ever was, had as
good ideas about Homer as I have, or as many.
SOCRATES: I am glad to hear you say so, Ion; I see that you will not
refuse to acquaint me with them.
ION: Certainly, Socrates; and you really ought to hear how exquisitely I
render Homer. I think that the Homeridae should give me a golden crown.
SOCRATES: I shall take an opportunity of hearing your embellishments of
him at some other time. But just now I should like to ask you a question:
Does your art extend to Hesiod and Archilochus, or to Homer only?
ION: To Homer only; he is in himself quite enough.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: sternly demanded the saint, who read their characters at a glance.
Their faltering reply was sufficient, and the blessed
saint at once passed judgment as follows:--`Insomuch as,
seduced by a foolish vanity, and against your vows of poverty,
you have amassed this multitude of books and thereby and therefor
have neglected the duties and broken the rules of your Order,
you are now sentenced to read your books for ever and ever in
the fires of Hell.' Immediately, a roaring noise filled the air,
and a flaming chasm opened in which friars, and asses and books
were suddenly engulphed."
CHAPTER IV.
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