| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: by writing of our determination?"
"And is this all?" said Ravenswood, looking at Lucy. "Are you
willing to barter sworn faith, the exercise of free will, and
the feelings of mutual affection to this wretched hypocritical
sophistry?"
"Hear him!" said Lady Ashton, looking to the clergyman--"hear
the blasphemer!"
"May God forgive him," said Bide-the-Bent, "and enlighten his
ignorance!"
"Hear what I have sacrificed for you," said Ravenswood, still
addressing Lucy, "ere you sanction what has been done in your
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: a past action. The quivering of the partition to its core
presented denoted that Donald Farfrae had again rung his
bell, no doubt to have his supper removed; for humming a
tune, and walking up and down, he seemed to be attracted by
the lively bursts of conversation and melody from the
general company below. He sauntered out upon the landing,
and descended the staircase.
When Elizabeth-Jane had carried down his supper tray, and
also that used by her mother and herself, she found the
bustle of serving to be at its height below, as it always
was at this hour. The young woman shrank from having
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: But he was profoundly mistaken. He began to have an inkling of this
when presently himself he took the stage, and found the public
attentive, remarked a grin of quiet appreciation on every upturned
face. It was not, however, until the thunders of applause greeted
the fall of the curtain on the first act that he felt quite sure
they would be allowed to escape with their lives.
Had the part of Pantaloon in "Les Fourberies" been other than that
of a blundering, timid old idiot, Binet would have ruined it by his
apprehensions. As it was, those very apprehensions, magnifying as
they did the hesitancy and bewilderment that were the essence of
his part, contributed to the success. And a success it proved that
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