| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: has an immense self-love, Monsieur le marquis," he said, changing the
conversation. "He is about to dismiss me that he may commit follies
without warning. The Emperor is a great soldier who can change the
laws of time and distance, but he cannot change men; yet he persists
in trying to run them in his own mould! Now, remember this; the young
men's pardon can be obtained by one person only--Mademoiselle de Cinq-
Cygne."
The marquis went alone to Troyes and told the whole matter to
Laurence. She obtained permission from the authorities to see Michu,
and the marquis accompanied her to the gates of the prison, where he
waited for her. When she came out her face was bathed in tears.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: the pair console each other, for the finale seemed of happy omen.
Of some of the songs my informant told me briefly they were 'like
about the WEEMEN'; this I could have guessed myself. Each side (I
should have said) was strengthened by one or two women. They were
all soloists, did not very often join in the performance, but stood
disengaged at the back part of the stage, and looked (in RIDI,
necklace, and dressed hair) for all the world like European ballet-
dancers. When the song was anyway broad these ladies came
particularly to the front; and it was singular to see that, after
each entry, the PREMIERE DANSEUSE pretended to be overcome by
shame, as though led on beyond what she had meant, and her male
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: Growes, liues, and dies, in single blessednesse
Her. So will I grow, so liue, so die my Lord,
Ere I will yeeld my virgin Patent vp
Vnto his Lordship, whose vnwished yoake,
My soule consents not to giue soueraignty
The. Take time to pause, and by the next new Moon
The sealing day betwixt my loue and me,
For euerlasting bond of fellowship:
Vpon that day either prepare to dye,
For disobedience to your fathers will,
Or else to wed Demetrius as hee would,
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
