| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lucile by Owen Meredith: One would think that the sun by this time must be sick
Of blushing at what, by this time, he must know
Too well to be shocked by--this world.
STRANGER.
Ah, 'tis so
With us all. 'Tis the sinner that best knew the world
At Twenty, whose lip is, at sixty, most curl'd
With disdain of its follies. You stay at Luchon?
ALFRED.
A day or two only.
STRANGER.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: unprecedented height of musical elaboration. Here is an
opportunity for original achievement, of which it is to be hoped
that some gifted and well-trained composer, like the author of
"St. Peter," may find it worth while to avail himself.
June, 1873.
XIII. A PHILOSOPHY OF ART.[65]
[65] The Philosophy of Art. By H. Taine. New York: Leypoldt &;
Holt. 1867.
We are glad of a chance to introduce to our readers one of the
works of a great writer. Though not yet[66] widely known in this
country, M. Taine has obtained a very high reputation in Europe.
The Unseen World and Other Essays |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost: angel.
"I made her sit down, and throwing myself, in my turn, upon my
knees, I conjured her to listen to me in that attitude. Then I
briefly expressed all that a submissive and impassioned lover
could say most tender and respectful. I supplicated her pardon.
She let her arms fall over my neck, as she said that it was she
who stood in need of forgiveness, and begged of me in mercy to
forget all the annoyances she had caused me, and that she began,
with reason, to fear that I should not approve of what she had to
say in her justification. `Me!' said I interrupting her
impatiently; `I require no justification; I approve of all you
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