 Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.  A Tale of Two Cities - Page 5by Charles Dickens - 1859 - 211 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Reginald James White - 1967 - 308 pages
...nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short the period was so far like the present period,...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1980 - 980 pages
...nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period,...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. I am sure we all recognize the quotation I have just recited as the opening lines from "A Tale of Two... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1980 - 1750 pages
...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 only. I am sure we all recognize the quotation I have just recited the opening lines from... | |
 | Juliet Flower MacCannell - 1990 - 328 pages
...nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period,...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. And about the post of modernism: It was conservative politics, it was subversive politics, it was the... | |
 | Barbara Berliner - 1992 - 324 pages
...nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period,...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. The closing line, spoken by Sydney Carton: "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in onal Working Men's Association on The Civil War in...10 The bourgeoisie ... has been the first to show CHARLES DICKENS (1812-70), English novelist. Opening lines oí Л Tale of Two Ciliés, bk. l.ch. 1... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way— in short, the period was so far like the present period,...evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. CHARLES DICKENS, A Tale of Two Cities, chapter 1, opening paragraph, p. 3 (1958). Originally published... | |
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