| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Miss Bingley, that he might have been just as likely to marry
HER, had she been his relation.
Lady Catherine continued her remarks on Elizabeth's
performance, mixing with them many instructions on execution
and taste. Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of
civility, and, at the request of the gentlemen, remained at the
instrument till her ladyship's carriage was ready to take them all
home.
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Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to
Jane while Mrs. Collins and Maria were gone on business into
Pride and Prejudice |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: so as to face him.' The words {apothen ousin} indirectly suggest
the celerity of the Spartan movement."
XII
I will now speak of the mode of encampment sanctioned by the
regulation of Lycurgus. To avoid the waste incidental to the angles of
a square,[1] the encampment, according to him, should be circular,
except where there was the security of a hill,[2] or fortification, or
where they had a river in their rear. He had sentinels posted during
the day along the place of arms and facing inwards;[3] since they are
appointed not so much for the sake of the enemy as to keep an eye on
friends. The enemy is sufficiently watched by mounted troopers perched
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