| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson: himself, she was awakened in four days from the dream of a
life.
The first tangible cause of disenchantment was when Dick
brought home a painter's arsenal on Friday evening. The
Admiral was in the chimney-corner, once more 'sirrupping'
some brandy and water, and Esther sat at the table at work.
They both came forward to greet the new arrival; and the
girl, relieving him of his monstrous burthen, proceeded to
display her offerings to her father. Van Tromp's countenance
fell several degrees; he became quite querulous.
'God bless me,' he said; and then, 'I must really ask you not
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley: of melted lava below.
And what is lava?
That, I think, I must tell you another time. For when I speak of
it I shall have to tell you more about Madam How, and her ways of
making the ground on which you stand, than I can say just now.
But if you want to know (as I dare say you do) what the eruption
of a volcano is like, you may read what follows. I did not see it
happen; for I never had the good fortune of seeing a mountain
burning, though I have seen many and many a one which has been
burnt--extinct volcanos, as they are called.
The man who saw it--a very good friend of mine, and a very good
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: The scene was the Grove by Donnithorne Chase: you know who the men
were.
The old squire's funeral had taken place that morning, the will
had been read, and now in the first breathing-space, Arthur
Donnithorne had come out for a lonely walk, that he might look
fixedly at the new future before him and confirm himself in a sad
resolution. He thought he could do that best in the Grove.
Adam too had come from Stontion on Monday evening, and to-day he
had not left home, except to go to the family at the Hall Farm and
tell them everything that Mr. Irwine had left untold. He had
agreed with the Poysers that he would follow them to their new
Adam Bede |
