| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: One of them seems to be a gentleman.
Tis pity that his fortune was so hard,
To fall into the desperate hands of thieves.
I'll question him of what estate he is.
God save you, sir; are you an Englishman?
CROMWELL.
I am, sir, a distress Englishman.
FRISKIBALL.
And what are you, my friend?
HODGE.
Who? I, sir? by my troth, I do not know my self what I am now,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: 'What's the matter? Why is she crying?' demanded Constance, peremptory
but a little breathless.
A faint smile like a sneer came on the man's face. 'Nay, yo mun ax
'er,' he replied callously, in broad vernacular.
Connie felt as if he had hit her in the face, and she changed colour.
Then she gathered her defiance, and looked at him, her dark blue eyes
blazing rather vaguely.
'I asked YOU,' she panted.
He gave a queer little bow, lifting his hat. 'You did, your Ladyship,'
he said; then, with a return to the vernacular: 'but I canna tell yer.'
And he became a soldier, inscrutable, only pale with annoyance.
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Reign of King Edward the Third by William Shakespeare: Which is the true borne sovereign, this or that.
PHILIP.
Father, range your battles, prate no more;
These English fain would spend the time in words,
That, night approaching, they might escape unfought.
KING JOHN.
Lords and my loving Subjects, now's the time,
That your intended force must bide the touch.
Therefore, my friends, consider this in brief:
He that you fight for is your natural King;
He against whom you fight, a foreigner:
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