| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tess of the d'Urbervilles, A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy: definition--a more accurate expression, by words in
LOGY and ISM, of sensations which men and women have
vaguely grasped for centuries.
Still, it was strange that they should have come to her
while yet so young; more than strange; it was
impressive, interesting, pathetic. Not guessing the
cause, there was nothing to remind him that experience
is as to intensity, and not as to duration. Tess's
passing corporeal blight had been her mental harvest.
Tess, on her part, could not understand why a man of
clerical family and good education, and above physical
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, A Pure Woman |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: a thoughtful twist, and said simply: "I didn't
think the Mingotts would have tried it on."
II.
Newland Archer, during this brief episode, had
been thrown into a strange state of embarrassment.
It was annoying that the box which was thus attracting
the undivided attention of masculine New York
should be that in which his betrothed was seated
between her mother and aunt; and for a moment he
could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor
imagine why her presence created such excitement among
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: the bit, with stately bearing and legs pliantly moving he dashes
forward in his pride, in every respect imitating the airs and graces
of a horse approaching other horses. Listen to the epithets with which
spectators will describe the type of horse: the noble animal! and what
willingness to work, what paces,[12] what a spirit and what mettle;
how proudly he bears himself[13]--a joy at once, and yet a terror to
behold.
[11] Cf. "Hell." V. iv. 46, "kindled into new life."
[12] {ipposten}, "a true soldier's horse."
[13] {sobaron}, "what a push and swagger"; {kai ama edun te kai gorgon
idein}, "a la fois doux et terrible a voir," see Victor
On Horsemanship |
