| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: and the Kirk; but we'll no hurt a hair o' your heads, if ye like
to gang hame quietly. And it will be your best way, for there's
sure news come frae Loudoun, that him they ca' Bang, or Byng, or
what is't, has bang'd the French ships and the new king aff the
coast however; sae ye had best bide content wi' auld Nanse for
want of a better Queen."
Ratcliffe, who at this moment entered, confirmed these accounts
so unfavourable to the Jacobite interest. Sir Frederick, almost
instantly, and without taking leave of any one, left the castle,
with such of his attendants as were able to follow him.
"And what will you do, Mr. Mareschal?" said Ratcliffe.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: He can't help himself. It is in his race. The History of Woman is
very different. We have always been picturesque protests against
the mere existence of common sense. We saw its dangers from the
first.
LADY STUTFIELD. Yes, the common sense of husbands is certainly
most, most trying. Do tell me your conception of the Ideal
Husband. I think it would be so very, very helpful.
MRS. ALLONBY. The Ideal Husband? There couldn't be such a thing.
The institution is wrong.
LADY STUTFIELD. The Ideal Man, then, in his relations to US.
LADY CAROLINE. He would probably be extremely realistic.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Massimilla Doni by Honore de Balzac: it could be.
The scene had changed. In front of a fine picture, representing the
Desert and the Red Sea, the Egyptians and Hebrews marched and
countermarched without any effect on the feelings of the four persons
in the Duchess' box. But when the first chords on the harps preluded
the hymn of the delivered Israelites, the Prince and Vendramin rose
and stood leaning against the opposite sides of the box, and the
Duchess, resting her elbow on the velvet ledge, supported her head on
her left hand.
The Frenchman, understanding from this little stir, how important this
justly famous chorus was in the opinion of the house, listened with
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