| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne: the field - why not face to face in the cabinet too? And trust me,
Yorick, whenever it is not so, man is false to himself and betrays
his own succours ten times where nature does it once. Go to the
Duc de C- with the Bastile in thy looks; - my life for it, thou
wilt be sent back to Paris in half an hour with an escort.
I believe so, said I. - Then I'll go to the Duke, by heaven! with
all the gaiety and debonairness in the world. -
- And there you are wrong again, replied I. - A heart at ease,
Yorick, flies into no extremes - 'tis ever on its centre. - Well!
well! cried I, as the coachman turn'd in at the gates, I find I
shall do very well: and by the time he had wheel'd round the court,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: evening, gave his horse, which seemed to have made a long
journey, to the hostler, and made some inquiry, which produced
the following dialogue betwixt the myrmidons of the bonny Black
Bear.
"What, ho! John Tapster."
"At hand, Will Hostler," replied the man of the spigot, showing
himself in his costume of loose jacket, linen breeches, and green
apron, half within and half without a door, which appeared to
descend to an outer cellar.
"Here is a gentleman asks if you draw good ale," continued the
hostler.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: precedents, and must go cautiously and examine them carefully.
Tell her not to be impatient, it will take me several days, but it
will all come out right, and I will come over and report progress
as I go along. Do you get the idea, Dorcas?"
"I don't know as I do, sir."
"Well, it's this. You see, it won't ever do for me, a brigadier in
the regular army, to preside over that infant court-martial - there
isn't any precedent for it, don't you see. Very well. I will go
on examining authorities and reporting progress until she is well
enough to get me out of this scrape by presiding herself. Do you
get it now?"
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