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.
can someone clarify the meaning of the word "superlative" in this paragraph by Dickens. Because according to the dictionary superlative can mean "of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others" or it can also mean "being more than is proper or normal; exaggerated". So do you think Dickens thought the connection between the late 18th century and the late 1850's (when he wrote the book) was important or exaggerated? What do you think this connection is? I just noticed the fact that he made an allusion to his own era in this pararaph even though I had read it many times before, anyone else make this discovery?
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