| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: which the blessings of civil government, namely, his master's pleasure,
and the interests of social order, namely, his own emolument,
might require. In short,
Il eut l'emploi qui certes n'est pas mince,
Et qu'a la cour, ou tout se peint en beau,
On appelloit etre l'ami du prince;
Mais qu'a la ville, et surtout en province,
Les gens grossiers ont nomme maquereau.
[3] Harp-it-on: or, a corruption of , a creeping thing.
Prince John was of opinion that the love of a prince actual and
king expectant, was in itself a sufficient honour to the daughter
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: Tige sniffed again and then growled. Turning his ear to the breeze Jonathan
heard faint yelps from far over the hilltop. He dropped his axe and the traps
and ran the remaining short distance up the hill. When he reached the summit
the clear baying of hunting wolves was borne to his ears.
The hill sloped gradually on the other side, ending in a white, unbroken plain
which extended to the edge of the laurel thicket a quarter of a mile distant.
Jonathan could not see the wolves, but he heard distinctly their peculiar,
broken howls. They were in pursuit of something, whether quadruped or man he
could not decide. Another moment and he was no longer in doubt, for a deer
dashed out of the thicket. Jonathan saw that it was a buck and that he was
well nigh exhausted; his head swung low from side to side; he sank slowly to
Betty Zane |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: of yore said they were lies; so we gave Thamud the visible
she-camel, but they treated her unjustly for we do not send (any
one) with signs save to make men fear.
And when we said to thee, 'Verily, thy Lord encompasses men!' and we
made the vision which we showed thee only a cause of sedition unto
men, and the cursed tree as well; for we will frighten them, but it
will only increase them in great rebellion.
And when we said to the angels, 'Adore Adam;' and they adored,
save Iblis, who said, 'Am I to adore one whom Thou hast created out of
clay?
Said he, 'Dost thou see now? this one whom Thou hast honoured
The Koran |
