| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: over and over again where I lived first; but we won't talk about it here.
You know that master, and John and James are always good to us, and talking
against men in such a place as this doesn't seem fair or grateful,
and you know there are good masters and good grooms beside ours,
though of course ours are the best."
This wise speech of good little Merrylegs, which we knew was quite true,
cooled us all down, especially Sir Oliver, who was dearly fond of his master;
and to turn the subject I said, "Can any one tell me the use of blinkers?"
"No!" said Sir Oliver shortly, "because they are no use."
"They are supposed," said Justice, the roan cob, in his calm way,
"to prevent horses from shying and starting, and getting so frightened
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis: and rush amongst them guns and end it in a
whirl.
But jest as I figgered he was on his tiptoes fur
that, and was getting up my own sand, he throwed
a look my way. And something sobered him. He
stood there digging his finger nails into the palms
of his hands fur a minute, to get himself back. And
when he spoke he was sort of husky.
"That boy there," he says. And then he stops
and kind of chokes up. And in a minute he was
begging fur me. He tells 'em I wasn't mixed up
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: of all Isabella's impatient desire to see Mr. Tilney.
When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance, James would
have led his fair partner away, but she resisted.
"I tell you, Mr. Morland," she cried, "I would not do such
a thing for all the world. How can you be so teasing;
only conceive, my dear Catherine, what your brother wants
me to do. He wants me to dance with him again, though I
tell him that it is a most improper thing, and entirely
against the rules. It would make us the talk of the place,
if we were not to change partners."
"Upon my honour," said James, "in these public assemblies,
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