| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: fluttering by, whispered of its intercourse with Summer, and of his
happy coming.
The solitary rider went glancing on among the trees, from sunlight
into shade and back again, at the same even pace--looking about
him, certainly, from time to time, but with no greater thought of
the day or the scene through which he moved, than that he was
fortunate (being choicely dressed) to have such favourable weather.
He smiled very complacently at such times, but rather as if he were
satisfied with himself than with anything else: and so went riding
on, upon his chestnut cob, as pleasant to look upon as his own
horse, and probably far less sensitive to the many cheerful
Barnaby Rudge |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and Tan Gama gave it to me to repair. See, I have it here,"
and as she spoke she drew Tan Gama's short-sword from
beneath her sleeping silks and furs.
The warriors sprang to their feet.
"There is something amiss here," cried one.
"'Tis even what I myself thought when Tan Gama left
us at the runway," said another. "Methought then that his
voice sounded strangely."
"Come! let us hasten to the pits."
We waited to hear no more. Slinging my harness into a
long single strap, I lowered Tars Tarkas to the courtyard
The Gods of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol: clicked their tongues at her.
Tchertokoutski left the verandah to take up a position beside the
mare. The soldier who held her bridle drew himself up and stared
fixedly at the guests.
"She is very fine, very fine," said Tchertokoutski, "a very
well-shaped beast. Will your excellency allow me to ask whether she is
a good goer?"
"She goes well, but that idiot of a doctor, deuce take him, has given
her some balls which have made her sneeze for the last two days."
"She is a fine beast, a very fine beast. Has your excellency a
turn-out to match the horse?"
Taras Bulba and Other Tales |
