| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he
alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
GEN 44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me,
that I may set mine eyes upon him.
GEN 44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father:
for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
GEN 44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest
brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
GEN 44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my
father, we told him the words of my lord.
GEN 44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: begin, I must (to set him out in just colours) represent in terms
very much to his disadvantage, in the account of Protestants; as,
first, that he was a Papist; secondly, a Popish priest; and
thirdly, a French Popish priest. But justice demands of me to give
him a due character; and I must say, he was a grave, sober, pious,
and most religious person; exact in his life, extensive in his
charity, and exemplary in almost everything he did. What then can
any one say against being very sensible of the value of such a man,
notwithstanding his profession? though it may be my opinion
perhaps, as well as the opinion of others who shall read this, that
he was mistaken.
Robinson Crusoe |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte: believes herself to be, or would have others to believe her; and
her mother's anxiety is not so wholly causeless as she affirms.'
Three days passed away, and he did not make his appearance. On the
afternoon of the fourth, as we were walking beside the park-palings
in the memorable field, each furnished with a book (for I always
took care to provide myself with something to be doing when she did
not require me to talk), she suddenly interrupted my studies by
exclaiming -
'Oh, Miss Grey! do be so kind as to go and see Mark Wood, and take
his wife half-a-crown from me - I should have given or sent it a
week ago, but quite forgot. There!' said she, throwing me her
Agnes Grey |
