| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott: works her stocking, as she may be disposed--ready to speak, if I
am in the talking humour, and sitting quiet as a mouse if I am
rather inclined to study a book or the newspaper. At six
precisely she makes my tea, and leaves me to drink it; and then
occurs an interval of time which most old bachelors find heavy on
their hands. The theatre is a good occasional resource,
especially if Will Murray acts, or a bright star of eminence
shines forth; but it is distant, and so are one or two public
societies to which I belong. Besides, these evening walks are
all incompatible with the elbow-chair feeling, which desires some
employment that may divert the mind without fatiguing the body.
|
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: scanning machines, OCR software, public domain etexts, royalty
free copyright licenses, and every other sort of contribution
you can think of. Money should be paid to "Project Gutenberg
Association / Illinois Benedictine College".
Drafted by CHARLES B. KRAMER, Attorney
CompuServe: 72600,2026
Internet: 72600.2026@compuserve.com
Tel: (212) 254-5093
*END*THE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.03.08.92*END*
#STARTMARK#
AESOP'S FABLES (82 Fables)
Aesop's Fables |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: Yankee doodle do, etc.
And every time they fired it off
It took a horn of powder,
It made a noise--like father's gun,
Only a nation louder.
Yankee doodle do, etc.
There was a man in our town,
His name was--
No, no, that won't do. Now, if I was with Tabitha
Wymen and Jemima Cawley down at father Chase's,
I shouldn't mind singing this all out before them--
|
