| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: with a fleet steed; and let those weigh the Tales of my Landlord,
who shall bring with them the scales of candour cleansed from the
rust of prejudice by the hands of intelligent modesty. For these
alone they were compiled, as will appear from a brief narrative
which my zeal for truth compelled me to make supplementary to the
present Proem.
It is well known that my Landlord was a pleasing and a facetious
man, acceptable unto all the parish of Gandercleugh, excepting
only the Laird, the Exciseman, and those for whom he refused to
draw liquor upon trust. Their causes of dislike I will touch
separately, adding my own refutation thereof.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: de sa couche incestueuse, afin qu'elle puisse entendre les paroles
de celui qui prepare la voie du Seigneur; afin qu'elle se repente de
ses peches. Quoiqu'elle ne se repentira jamais, mais restera dans
ses abominations, dites-lui de venir, car le Seigneur a son fleau
dans la main.
SALOME. Mais il est terrible, il est terrible.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Ne restez pas ici, princesse, je vous en prie.
SALOME. Ce sont les yeux surtout qui sont terribles. On dirait des
trous noirs laisses par des flambeaux sur une tapisserie de Tyr. On
dirait des cavernes noires ou demeurent des dragons, des cavernes
noires d'Egypte ou les dragons trouvent leur asile. On dirait des
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: hard were it for thee to change me. Either then now listen to my
counsel, and join the household of Christ, and so thou shalt gain
blessings past man's understanding, and we shall be fellows with
one another by faith, even as by nature; or else, be well
assured, I shall depart thy sonship, and serve my God with a
clear conscience."
Now when the king heard all these words, he was furiously
enraged: and, seized with ungovernable anger, he cried out
wrathfully against him, and gnashed his teeth fiercely, like any
madman. "And who," said he, "is blameable for all my misfortunes
but myself, who have dealt with thee so kindly, and cared for
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