 IT was 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 incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of...  Large-Scale Disasters: Prediction, Control, and Mitigation - Page 1edited by - 2008Limited preview - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - 1928 - 588 pages
...Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had s everything before us, we had nothing before us, we...received, for good or for evil, in the superlative de- 10 gree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on... | |
 | Reginald James White - 1967 - 308 pages
...measures which made it possible for another empire to be born. 12 The Age of Everything It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. CHARLES DICKENS, A Tale of Two Cities, chapter 1 William Cobbett, who was, it seems, born in the year... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works - 1973 - 1674 pages
...the other way. "In short, the 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 degree As comparison only." Senator RANDOLPH. He was truly a writer and philosopher, a man that picked out... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...Lincoln, vol. 7, ed. Roy P. Basler (1953). speech, Nov. 19, 1863. Revolution: French 1 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. CHARLES DICKENS, (1812-1870) British novelist. A Tale oí Two Cities, bk. 1 , ch. 1 (1859). Opening... | |
 | Thomas B. McMullen, Jr - 1998 - 324 pages
...unintended effects, are described in Chapter 6. The Best or the Worst of Times? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." '*• Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities So Many Challenges Are New "So many different people. So... | |
 | Jonn Mumford - 1999 - 220 pages
...Dickens' opening paragraph to his famous A Tale of Two Cities, published in 1859: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...evil in the superlative degree of comparison only. Karma Proceuin? factory: fiuembly Line Hine Wkat ti your favorite, MduwL? Describe, wfw Lt ti your... | |
 | 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
...e3a ESC x find-file £ Л Л : ESC x find-file Buffers Files Tools Edit Search Help t was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...authorities insisted on its being received, for good or evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. Emacs: dickens (Fundamental) - -LI- -All ¡fou... | |
 | Michael Davis - 1999 - 294 pages
...Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. With these words Charles Dickens began A Tale of Two Cities, rebuking all those "noisy authorities"... | |
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