| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: roystering blade, of the name of Abraham, or, according to the
Dutch abbreviation, Brom Van Brunt, the hero of the country round
which rang with his feats of strength and hardihood. He was
broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair,
and a bluff but not unpleasant countenance, having a mingled air
of fun and arrogance From his Herculean frame and great powers of
limb he had received the nickname of BROM BONES, by which he was
universally known. He was famed for great knowledge and skill in
horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as a Tartar. He was
foremost at all races and cock fights; and, with the ascendancy
which bodily strength always acquires in rustic life, was the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: that she did not hear the slight noise of her companion's footsteps.
It is true that, to use an expression of Walter Scott, Amelie stepped
as if on eggs. She hastily withdrew outside the door and coughed.
Ginevra quivered, turned her head, saw her enemy, blushed, hastened to
alter the shade to give meaning to her position, and came down from
her perch leisurely. She soon after left the studio, bearing with her,
in her memory, the image of a man's head, as beauteous as that of the
Endymion, a masterpiece of Girodet's which she had lately copied.
"To banish so young a man! Who can he be? for he is not Marshal Ney--"
These two sentences are the simplest expression of the many ideas that
Ginevra turned over in her mind for two days. On the third day, in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: "And in this sense, and no other, hath he been accessory to thy
fault?" said Elizabeth.
"Surely, madam, in no other," replied Varney; "but since somewhat
hath chanced to him, he can scarce be called his own man. Look
at him, madam, how pale and trembling he stands! how unlike his
usual majesty of manner!--yet what has he to fear from aught I
can say to your Highness? Ah! madam, since he received that
fatal packet!"
"What packet, and from whence?" said the Queen eagerly.
"From whence, madam, I cannot guess; but I am so near to his
person that I know he has ever since worn, suspended around his
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