| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: lobster.
'My gracious goodness!' cried the lady of the house; and
then, turning in wrath on the young man, 'From what rank in
life are you sprung?' she demanded. 'You have the exterior
of a gentleman; but from the astonishing evidences before me,
I should say you can only be a greengrocer's man. Pray,
gather up your vegetables, and let me see no more of you.'
'Madam,' babbled Somerset, 'you promised me a month's
warning.'
'That was under a misapprehension,' returned the old lady.
'I now give you warning to leave at once.'
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: What do I care for pity or regard?
He once was wealthy, but he now is fallen,
And this morning have I got him arrested,
At the suit of master Friskiball,
And by this means shall I be sure of coin,
For doing this same good to him unknown:
And in good time, see where the merchant comes.
[Enter Friskiball.]
BAGOT.
Good morrow to kind master Friskiball.
FRISKIBALL.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: into the basement where the gas was burning. They crossed the cold,
damp storeroom, then a long, dreary room with a long table on trestles,
into a smaller, cosy apartment, not very high, which had been
built on to the main building. In this room a small woman with
a red serge blouse, and her black hair done on top of her head,
was waiting like a proud little bantam.
"Here y'are!" said Pappleworth.
"I think it is 'here you are'!" exclaimed Polly. "The girls
have been here nearly half an hour waiting. Just think of the
time wasted!"
"YOU think of getting your work done and not talking so much,"
Sons and Lovers |
