| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: rankled in Shelldrake's mind, and especially in that of his wife.
I could see by her looks and little fidgety ways that his further
stay would be very uncomfortable. Abel Mallory, finding himself
gaining in weight and improving in color, had no thought of
returning. The day previous, as I afterwards learned, he had
discovered Perkins Brown's secret kitchen in the woods.
"`Golly!' said that youth, in describing the circumstance to me, `I
had to ketch TWO porgies that day.'
"Miss Ringtop, who must have suspected the new relation between
Eunice and myself, was for the most part rigidly silent. If she
quoted, it was from the darkest and dreariest utterances of her
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: terminated in the manner that was hoped and expected last week.
The period of delay expired yesterday; Monsieur de Sallenauve
continues to absent himself from your sittings, and no letter has
reached M. le president asking for further leave of absence. This
indifference to the functions which Monsieur de Sallenauve
appeared to have solicited with so much eagerness [slight
agitation on the Left] would be, in any case, a grave mistake; but
when connected with an accusation that seriously compromises the
deputy elect, it must be regarded as altogether unfortunate for
his reputation. [Murmurs on the Left. Approbation from the
Centre.] Compelled to search for the solution of a difficulty
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: them immensely. He used to turn
them over and count them when
Jemima was not there.
At last Jemima told him that she
intended to begin to sit next day--"and
I will bring a bag of corn with me, so
that I need never leave my nest until
the eggs are hatched. They might catch
cold," said the conscientious Jemima.
"Madam, I beg you not to trouble
yourself with a bag; I will provide
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