The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: and the gurgoyles, which are the necessary correlatives
of a parapet, were exceptionally prominent -- of the
boldest cut that the hand could shape, and of the most
original design that a human brain could conceive.
There was, so to speak, that symmetry in their distortion
which is less the characteristic of British than of
Continental grotesques of the period. All the eight
were different from each other. A beholder was con-
vinced that nothing on earth could be more hideous
than those he saw on the north side until he went
round to the south. Of the two on this latter face, only
 Far From the Madding Crowd |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: soft in her hand.
He laughed.
'Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in kindred love,' he said.
'Of course!' she said. 'Even when he's soft and little I feel my heart
simply tied to him. And how lovely your hair is here! quite, quite
different!'
'That's John Thomas's hair, not mine!' he said.
'John Thomas! John Thomas!' and she quickly kissed the soft penis, that
was beginning to stir again.
'Ay!' said the man, stretching his body almost painfully. 'He's got his
root in my soul, has that gentleman! An' sometimes I don' know what ter
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