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John Culleton

Copyright © 2011 John Culleton. May be freely distributed.

Samples were submitted by Dehanna Bailee, Fred Sias and Pete Masterson. The bestsamples of each program were chosen.

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Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Raw Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6TEX Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7TEX PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Open Office Writer PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Scribus PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11MSWord PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12PagePlus Serif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13InDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14TeX Short Line PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15OO Writer Short Line PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Scribus Short Line PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17MSWord Short Line PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18PagePlus Serif Short Line PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19InDesign Short Line PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Masterson 4.5 inch PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Masterson 3 inch PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Explanation

This pdf is best viewed in Acrobat Reader using:

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This document shows samples of the opening paragraphs of A Tale of Two Cities The textis taken from Gutenberg.org in text format. Each example is limited to one page only.

For Pdftex, Scribus and Open Office Writer examples the text is set in URW Palladio at 11points with leading of 1.5 points. The InDesign, Serif and Microsoft Word examples areset in Linotype Palatino.

The page size of the examples is 5.5 in x 8.5 in. The margins are .5 in all around. Thisyields a measure of 4.5 inch. For the short line examples the measure is shortened to 3.0 in.Hyphenation is activated, but no attempt is made to manually add hyphens. No manualkerning etc. is employed.

For the TeX examples the default adjustment of word space is taken. Optical alignment isturned on at maximum level (full protrusion). Character expansion and compression isset at -2% to +2% in .5% increments. French spacing (i.e. no extra space after punctuation)is set. Paragraph indentation is the default of 20 TEX points (about 19.95 Adobe points).

For the Open Office Writer examples word space compression is not available. Opticalalignment is not available. Character expansion and compression is not available. Otherspecs are the same as for TEX.

The Scribus examples follow the TeX examples, with the addition of a factor that allowsinterword spacing to vary from 90% to 100% of a normal word space.

For the MSWord examples there is no optical alignment, character/font spacing is +.02,indentation is 20 pt (.28").

For Page Plus X3 examples hyphenation is auto, kerning is auto optical alignment is on,Character/Font Spacing: is +.02, indentation is 20 pt (.278").

For InDesign CS4 examples hyphenation is auto, kerning is metrics/auto, optical align-ment is auto, tracking is +5 indentation is 20 pt (.2778")

The first six samples at a measure of 4.5 inch are similar, although OO Writer and MSWordhyphenate more than the other two. But the “short” examples with 3 inch measure showthe differences more drastically. Only the first page of the “short” examples are shown.

After this book was put together two more InDesign samples came from Pete Masterson,one of the masters of InDesign. Because he used different settings than the other InDesignsamples I included them also. Because he submitted his samples in 8.5 x 11 papersize Ihad to separate them and edit the margins of each in Gimp. His samples are thereforeshown as 600 dpi png files. There is therefore slight degradation of the type but it should

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not interfere with observing the quality of the layout.

Here are Pete’s comments:

URW Palladio set at 11 pts with 12.5 points leading baseline to baseline (that correspondsto 11 pts + 1.5 pts lead). I note that for most text in this size I’d have used 2 pts of leading(i.e. 11/13) rather than 1.5. However I stayed with your choice for consistency.

Using InDesign features: Kerning is computer controlled default "optical" kerning. Thisignores the built-in kerning tables and creates kerning based on the letter shapes. (Note,some URW fonts have defective/poor built-in kerning tables.)

Tracking 0 (default) this uses the standard side bearings of the typeface (which seemedOK with this face).

Indent set to .2771 inch (to match the 19.95 Adobe points you suggest). Note that I’dnormally use .25 inch which in this typeface is equivalent to approximately 1.5 em spaces.(Traditionally 1 or 2 em spaces was used for indents. I’ve settled on .25 inch as it usuallyfalls somewhere between 1 or 2 ems at the most common type sizes used in books. Theeven fractional inch allows easy calculation for other tab stops, etc. used in many books.)

Hyphenation was set to work with all words (capitalized and last word of paragraph) solong as the word had 5 letters and the hyphen would fall after the first 2 letters and beforethe last 2 letters. Hyphens were limited to a stack of 3 maximum (many "house styles"with better publishers limit stacks to 2). On the 10 point adjustment scale, I set it 3 notches(60% of maximum) toward "better letter spacing" instead of the default center position(range "better spacing — fewer hyphens"). My personal preference is for more hyphensand better word spacing (more even color) than the opposite direction. I’ve had clientswith other preferences, however.

Justification: These setting may vary significantly with different typefaces. However Ichange the defaults to: Word spacing 80% min; 100% desired; 125 max. The default rangeis 75/100/133 – and I think that’s too much latitude.

Letter spacing: -5% minimum, 0% desired, 10% maximum; default is 0/0/0 ... A lighttouch is best, however, and it’s especially desirable to avoid letterspacing values that allowthe letters to actually touch. The actual settings used vary with the typeface – this is whatI usually start with but may adjust after reviewing a few pages of typeset material.

Glyph Scaling. 98% min, 100% desired, 102% max (default 0/0/0). Again, we’re cautionedto avoid shrinking or stretching glyphs – but few people can actually see a 2% variationfrom the base size. So, I’ll usually use a +/- 2 or 3% setting (depending on the forgivenessof a particular face). Since I usually start with 2%, that’s what I did here.

Composer: This text uses the Adobe Paragraph Composer. (Optionally you can use theline composer, but it’s rare that I’d make that choice.)

Hanging punctuation (optical margins) was used.

No Opentype features were used as the URW Palladio is not an Opentype font. Basicligature replacement is done automatically (fi, fl, ffi, ffl) but extended ligatures are not

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available in this face.

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Raw Text

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 hope,

it was the winter of despair,

we had everything before us,

we had 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, that some of

its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for

evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the

throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with

a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer

than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes,

that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period,

as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-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. Even the Cock-lane

ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its

messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally

deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the

earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People,

from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange

to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any

communications yet received through any of the chickens of the Cock-lane

brood.

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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 hope,

it was the winter of despair,

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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.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the

throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with

a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer

than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes,

that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period,

as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth

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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. Even the Cock-lane

ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its

messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally

deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the

earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People,

from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange

to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any

communications yet received through any of the chickens of the

Cock-lane brood.

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TEX PDF

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had 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, that some ofits noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or forevil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face,on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and aqueen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries itwas clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loavesand fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred andseventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at thatfavoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained herfive-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private inthe Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announc-ing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of Londonand Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only around dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spiritsof this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality)rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events hadlately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress ofBritish subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have provedmore important to the human race than any communications yetreceived through any of the chickens of the Cock-lane brood.

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Open Office Writer PDF

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had nothing before us,we were all going direct to Heaven,we were all going direct the other way­­in 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.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both coun­tries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy­five.  Spiritual   revelations  were  conceded  to  England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently at­tained her five­and­twentieth 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. Even the Cock­lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People,   from  a   congress   of   British   subjects   in  America:   which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications yet received through any of the chick­ens of the Cock­lane brood.

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Scribus PDF

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had nothing before us,we were all going direct to Heaven,we were all going direct the other way­­in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some ofits noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or forevil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plainface, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jawand a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both coun­tries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves ofloaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred andseventy­five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at thatfavoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained herfive­and­twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private inthe Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announ­cing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of Londonand Westminster. Even the Cock­lane ghost had been laid only around dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spiritsof this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality)rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events hadlately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress ofBritish subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have provedmore important to the human race than any communications yet re­ceived through any of the chickens of the Cock­lane brood.

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MSWord PDF

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 hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had 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, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both coun-tries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently at-tained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a pro-phetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime ap-pearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernatu-rally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications yet received through any of the chick-ens of the Cock-lane brood.

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PagePlus Serif

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had 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, that some ofits noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or forevil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plainface, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jawand a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In bothcountries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State pre-serves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled forever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred andseventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England atthat favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently at-tained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophet-ic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearanceby announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowingup of London and Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had beenlaid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, asthe spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally deficient inoriginality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly orderof events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from acongress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate,have proved more important to the human race than any communi-cations yet received through any of the chickens of the Cock-lanebrood.

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InDesign

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had 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, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both coun-tries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic pri-vate in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any commu-nications yet received through any of the chickens of the Cock-lane brood.

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TeX Short Line PDF

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had 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 presentperiod, that some of its noisiest authoritiesinsisted on its being received, for good or forevil, in the superlative degree of comparisononly.

There were a king with a large jaw anda queen with a plain face, on the throne ofEngland; there were a king with a large jawand a queen with a fair face, on the throne ofFrance. In both countries it was clearer thancrystal to the lords of the State preserves ofloaves and fishes, that things in general weresettled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thousandseven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritualrevelations were conceded to England at thatfavoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcotthad recently attained her five-and-twentiethblessed birthday, of whom a prophetic pri-vate in the Life Guards had heralded the sub-lime appearance by announcing that arrange-ments were made for the swallowing up ofLondon and Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozenof years, after rapping out its messages, asthe spirits of this very year last past (super-naturally deficient in originality) rapped outtheirs. Mere messages in the earthly order ofevents had lately come to the English Crown

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OO Writer Short Line PDF

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had nothing before us,we were all going direct to Heaven,we were all going direct the other way­­in   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.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of  France.   In both countries   it  was clearer than  crystal   to   the   lords  of   the  State  pre­serves  of   loaves  and  fishes,   that   things   in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thou­sand seven hundred and seventy­five. Spir­itual revelations were conceded to England at   that   favoured   period,   as   at   this.   Mrs. Southcott   had   recently   attained   her   five­and­twentieth 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. Even the Cock­lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spirits of this very year   last   past   (supernaturally   deficient   in originality)   rapped   out   theirs.   Mere   mes­sages   in   the   earthly   order   of   events   had lately   come   to   the   English   Crown   and 

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Scribus Short Line PDF

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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had nothing before us,we were all going direct to Heaven,we were all going direct the other way­­in short, the period was so far like thepresent period, that some of its noisiest au­thorities insisted on its being received, forgood or for evil, in the superlative degree ofcomparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and aqueen with a plain face, on the throne ofEngland; there were a king with a large jawand a queen with a fair face, on the throne ofFrance. In both countries it was clearer thancrystal to the lords of the State preserves ofloaves and fishes, that things in general weresettled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thou­sand seven hundred and seventy­five. Spir­itual revelations were conceded to Englandat that favoured period, as at this. Mrs.Southcott had recently attained her five­and­twentieth blessed birthday, of whom aprophetic private in the Life Guards had her­alded the sublime appearance by announ­cing that arrangements were made for theswallowing up of London and Westminster.Even the Cock­lane ghost had been laid onlya round dozen of years, after rapping out itsmessages, as the spirits of this very year lastpast (supernaturally deficient in originality)rapped out theirs. Mere messages in theearthly order of events had lately come to the

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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 hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had 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, that some of its noisiest au-thorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State pre-serves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thou-sand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiri-tual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by an-nouncing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and West-minster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rap-ping out its messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere mes-sages in the earthly order of events had late-

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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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had 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 pres-ent period, that some of its noisiest authori-ties insisted on its being received, for good orfor evil, in the superlative degree of compari-son only.

There were a king with a large jaw and aqueen with a plain face, on the throne ofEngland; there were a king with a large jawand a queen with a fair face, on the throne ofFrance. In both countries it was clearer thancrystal to the lords of the State preserves ofloaves and fishes, that things in general weresettled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thou-sand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiri-tual revelations were conceded to England atthat favoured period, as at this. Mrs. South-cott had recently attained her five-and-twen-tieth blessed birthday, of whom a propheticprivate in the Life Guards had heralded thesublime appearance by announcing that ar-rangements were made for the swallowingup of London and Westminster. Even theCock-lane ghost had been laid only a rounddozen of years, after rapping out its messag-es, as the spirits of this very year last past(supernaturally deficient in originality)rapped out theirs. Mere messages in theearthly order of events had lately come to the

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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 hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had 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 pres-ent period, that some of its noisiest authori-ties insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of com-parison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

It was the year of Our Lord one thou-sand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiri-tual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by an-nouncing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westmin-ster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messag-es in the earthly order of events had lately

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