| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll: gestures--most unnatural in their attempts at ease and geniality in
their talk. Go instead and take a seat in a third-class
railway-carriage, and you'll get the same dialogue done to the life!
Front-seats--no orchestra to block the view--and nothing to pay!"
"Which reminds me," said Eric. "There is nothing to pay on receiving a
telegram! Shall we enquire for one?" And he and Lady Muriel strolled
off in the direction of the Telegraph-Office.
"I wonder if Shakespeare had that thought in his mind," I said,
"when he wrote 'All the world's a stage'?"
The old man sighed. "And so it is, "he said, "look at it as you will.
Life is indeed a drama; a drama with but few encores--and no bouquets!"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: as I have described; if he escape the net, then after him full cry. In
hot, sultry weather the boar may be run down by the hounds and
captured. Though a monster in strength, the creature becomes short of
breath and will give in from sheer exhaustion.
[39] Al. "at the passages from woodland lakes into oak-coppices."
[40] {udata}, "waters," lakes, pools, rivers, etc.
[41] Or, "and proceed to tackle him."
It is a form of sport which costs the lives of many hounds and
endangers those of the huntsmen themselves. Supposing that the animal
has given in from exhaustion at some moment in the chase, and they are
forced to come to close quarters;[42] whether he has taken to the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine and Mucedorus by William Shakespeare: Who in thy absence ever fears the worst,
Least some mischance befall your royal grace.
'Shall my sweet Bremo wander through the woods?
Toil to and fro for to redress my want,
Hazard his life; and all to cherish me?
I like not this,' quoth she,
And thereupon craved to know of me
If I could teach her handle weapons well.
My answer was I had small skill therein,
But glad, most mighty king, to learn of thee.
And this was all.
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