It was the best of times :D, it was the worst of times :(, it was the age of wisdom 8), it was the age of foolishness :p, it was the epoch of belief :F, it was the epoch of incredulity :o, it was the season of Light o.o, it was the season of Darkness :X, it was the spring of hope :3, it was the winter of despair XD, we had everything before us :B, we had nothing before us :C, we were all going direct to Heaven ;), we were all going direct the other way :T – in short, the period was so far like the present period :\, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received p.p, for good :) or for evil :(, in the superlative degree of comparison only \o/.