| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: know what they are."
George looked at me critically. Then:
"That's a good hat," he said. "I'd like to paint you just as you
are." He stepped back and half closed his eyes. "Yes,that'll
do. When can you come? I always said I would, you know," he
added.
"You're very good, George. Come to the club and- "
He shook his head. "We'll talk, when you come. I've got to go
to Richmond now." He pointed to the air-ball. "There was a
child there yesterday, playing in the Park, with eyes- I've only
seen their like once before. That was in Oporto." He sighed.
The Brother of Daphne |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: court for me and my interpreter; with a daily allowance for my
table, and a large purse of gold for my common expenses.
I staid three months in this country, out of perfect obedience to
his majesty; who was pleased highly to favour me, and made me
very honourable offers. But I thought it more consistent with
prudence and justice to pass the remainder of my days with my
wife and family.
CHAPTER X.
[The Luggnaggians commended. A particular description of the
Struldbrugs, with many conversations between the author and some
eminent persons upon that subject.]
Gulliver's Travels |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac: lullaby. Canalis, like Nodier, enchants the reader by an artlessness
which is genuine in the prose writer and artificial in the poet, by
his tact, his smile, the shedding of his rose-leaves, in short by his
infantile philosophy. He imitates so well the language of our early
youth that he leads us back to the prairie-land of our illusions. We
can be pitiless to the eagles, requiring from them the quality of the
diamond, incorruptible perfection; but as for Canalis, we take him for
what he is and let the rest go. He seems a good fellow; the
affectations of the angelic school have answered his purpose and
succeeded, just as a woman succeeds when she plays the ingenue
cleverly, and simulates surprise, youth, innocence betrayed, in short,
Modeste Mignon |
