Transcription of A Tale of Two Cities - Project Gutenberg
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A 's Knockat Handat L EOFTWOCI T I E SChapter1 ThePeriodIt wasthebestoftimes,it wastheworstoftimes,it wastheageofwisdom,it wastheageoffoolishness,it wastheepochofbelief,it wastheepochofincredulity, it wastheseasonofLight,it wastheseasonofDarkness,it wasthespringofhope,it wasthewinterofdespair, wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbefo reus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewere allgoingdirecttheotherway inshort,theperiodwassofarlikethepresentp eriod,thatsomeofitsnoisiestauthoritiesin sistedonitsbeingreceived,forgoodorforevi l, kingwitha largejawanda queenwitha plainface,onthethroneofEngland;therewere a kingwitha largejawanda queenwitha fairface, wasclearerthancrystaltothelordsoftheStat epreservesofloavesand shes,thatthingsin , ve-and-twentiethblessedbirthday, ofwhoma rounddozenofyears,afterrappingoutitsmess ages,asthespiritsofthisveryyearlastpast( supernaturallyde cientinoriginality) ,froma congressofBritishsubjectsin America:which,strangetorelate, ,lessfavouredonthewholeastomattersspirit ualthanhersisteroftheshieldandtrident.
seventy-ve. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her ve-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster.
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