 | Charles Dickens - 1885 - 930 pages
...TWO CITIES. IN THREE BOOKS. BOOK THE FIRST. RECALLED TO LIFE. CHAPTER I. THE PERIOD. rwas the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...was so far like the present period, that some of its noisest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 930 pages
...was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was trie season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it...was so far like the present period, that some of its noisest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 374 pages
...THE FIRST. RECALLED TO LIFE. CHAPTER I. THE PERIOD. IT was the best of times, it was the worst of 1 times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of...noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for VOL. I. — J good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works - 1973 - 1674 pages
...It was the age of wisdom, It was the age of foolishness, It was the epic of belief, It was the epic of Incredulity, It was the season of light, It was...period was so far like the present period, That some of those noisest authorities Insisted on its being received, For good or for evil, In the superlative... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1980 - 1750 pages
...nothing before ' we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in she the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorit insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree comparison... | |
 | István Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai - 1994 - 244 pages
...evoke a mood or to describe a situation. Look at the oft-quoted opening of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: It was the best of times, it was...authorities insisted on its being received, for good or evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. Or take the following example from the short story... | |
 | Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond - 1996 - 580 pages
...hope, it was the winter of flespair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we rfere all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct...noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for jood or evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. Emacs: dickens (Text Fill)— LI— All... | |
 | デボラキャメロン, ビルローゼンブラッド, エリックレイモンド - 1999 - 614 pages
...of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of äespair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before...was so far like the present period, that some of its loisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or evil, in the superlative degree of... | |
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES. IN THREE BOOKS. BOOK THE FIRST. RECALLED TO LIFE. CHAPTER I. THE PERIOD. rwas the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of... 
