| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: Briefly thyself remember. The sword is out
That must destroy thee.
Glou. Now let thy friendly hand
Put strength enough to't.
[Edgar interposes.]
Osw. Wherefore, bold peasant,
Dar'st thou support a publish'd traitor? Hence!
Lest that th' infection of his fortune take
Like hold on thee. Let go his arm.
Edg. Chill not let go, zir, without vurther 'cagion.
Osw. Let go, slave, or thou diest!
King Lear |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Albert Savarus by Honore de Balzac: was said. The Lovelaces could not afford to hire boats to row on the
lake, or horses and guides to explore the neighborhood.
Poverty demanding such privation as this excites all the greater
compassion among the Swiss, because it deprives them of a chance of
profit. The cook of the establishment fed the three English boarders
for a hundred francs a month inclusive. In Gersau it was generally
believed, however, that the gardener and his wife, in spite of their
pretensions, used the cook's name as a screen to net the little
profits of this bargain. The Bergmanns had made beautiful gardens
round their house, and had built a hothouse. The flowers, the fruit,
and the botanical rarities of this spot were what had induced the
Albert Savarus |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: would you have me do, madam?" answered her husband. "Is it
possible for me, with ordinary decency, to turn a young
gentleman out of my house, who saved my duaghter's life and my
own, but the other morning, as it were?"
"Saved your life! I have heard of that story," said the lady.
"The Lord Keeper was scared by a dun cow, and he takes the young
fellow who killed her for Guy of Warwick: any butcher from
Haddington may soon have an equal claim on your hospitality."
"Lady Ashton," stammered the Keeper, "this is intolerable; and
when I am desirous, too, to make you easy by any sacrifice, if
you would but tell me what you would be at."
The Bride of Lammermoor |
