| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling:
The flare of a village -- the tally of slain --
And. . .the Boh was abroad "on the raid" again!
They cursed their luck, as the Irish will,
They gave him credit for cunning and skill,
They buried their dead, they bolted their beef,
And started anew on the track of the thief
Till, in place of the "Kalends of Greece", men said,
Verses 1889-1896 |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Elizabeth and her German Garden by Marie Annette Beauchamp: on end, and her ears glowing, she is knelt down on her mother's lap,
a little bundle of fragrant flesh, and her face reflects the quiet
of her mother's face as she goes through her evening prayer for pity
and for peace."
"How very curious!" said Minora, when she had finished.
"That is exactly what I was going to say."
"Oh, then I have saved you the trouble of putting it together;
you can copy that if you like." <191>
"But have you a stale soul, Miss Minora?" I asked.
"Well, do you know, I rather think that is a good touch,"
she replied; "it will make people really think a man wrote the book.
Elizabeth and her German Garden |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac: delighted all the party by joining his delightful voice to Emilie's in
one of Cimarosa's charming duets. But when they tried to find out
whether he were a professional singer, he baffled them so pleasantly
that he did not afford these women, practised as they were in the art
of reading feelings, the least chance of discovering to what social
sphere he belonged. However boldly the old uncle cast the boarding-
hooks over the vessel, Longueville slipped away cleverly, so as to
preserve the charm of mystery; and it was easy to him to remain the
"handsome Stranger" at the Villa, because curiosity never overstepped
the bounds of good breeding.
Emilie, distracted by this reserve, hoped to get more out of the
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