| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: previously published, the more noteworthy being the
'Prince of Parthia,' a tragedy by Thomas Godfrey
of Philadelphia, which was probably written, and was
offered to Hallam's company in 1759 (but not pro-
duced), and was printed in 1765, two years after the
author's death.<1>
A comedy called the 'Mercenary Match,' by one
Barnabas Bidwell, is said to have been performed by
the students at Yale College, under the auspices of the
Rev. Dr. Ezra Styles, President of the College. Dun-
lap speaks of having heard it read, but does not men-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville: Cathay, that is a great deal more than Rome.
The tother great Chan that came after him became a Paynim, and all
the others after him.
The kingdom of Cathay is the greatest realm of the world. And also
the great Chan is the most mighty emperor of the world and the
greatest lord under the firmament. And so he clepeth him in his
letters, right thus: CHAN! FILIUS DEI EXCELSI, OMNIUM UNIVERSAM
TERRAM COLENTIUM SUMMUS IMPERATOR, & DOMINUS OMNIUM DOMINANTIUM!
And the letter of his great seal, written about, is this; DEUS IN
COELO, CHAN SUPER TERRAM, EJUS FORTITUDO. OMNIUM HOMINUM
IMPERATORIS SIGILLUM. And the superscription about his little seal
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: cheek and an unsteady step.
"Thou art drunk, thou villain!" said Varney to him.
"Doubtless, noble sir," replied the unabashed Michael; "We have
been drinking all even to the glories of the day, and to my noble
Lord of Leicester and his valiant master of the horse. Drunk!
odds blades and poniards, he that would refuse to swallow a dozen
healths on such an evening is a base besognio, and a puckfoist,
and shall swallow six inches of my dagger!"
"Hark ye, scoundrel," said Varney, "be sober on the instant--I
command thee. I know thou canst throw off thy drunken folly,
like a fool's coat, at pleasure; and if not, it were the worse
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