| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: absolute rudeness when convenyed through the medium of a suburb
landlady; and Bucklaw was, as a more calm and temperate man might
have been, highly incensed. Captain Craigengelt proposed, with
the unanimous applause of all present, that they should course
the old fox (meaning Caleb) ere he got to cover, and toss him in
a blanket. But Lockhard intimated to his
master's servants and those of Lord Bittlebrains, in a tone of
authority, that the slightest impertinence to the Master of
Ravenswood's domestic would give Sir William Ashton the highest
offence. And having so said, in a manner sufficient to prevent
any aggression on their part, he left the public-house, taking
The Bride of Lammermoor |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: towards the descending sun, and leafy boughs screened her from its
rays; but in this sober light the delicate colouring of her face
seemed to gather a calm vividness, like flowers at evening. It
was a small oval face, of a uniform transparent whiteness, with an
egglike line of cheek and chin, a full but firm mouth, a delicate
nostril, and a low perpendicular brow, surmounted by a rising arch
of parting between smooth locks of pale reddish hair. The hair
was drawn straight back behind the ears, and covered, except for
an inch or two above the brow, by a net Quaker cap. The eyebrows,
of the same colour as the hair, were perfectly horizontal and
firmly pencilled; the eyelashes, though no darker, were long and
Adam Bede |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: of which they have seldom set us the example.
CHARLOTTE
But, brother, we must introduce you to some of our
gay folks, and let you see the city, such as it is. Mr.
Dimple is known to almost every family in town; he
will doubtless take a pleasure in introducing you.
DIMPLE
I shall esteem every service I can render your
brother an honour.
MANLY
I fear the business I am upon will take up all my
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