You are entering your childhood again.”
“This impudence really exceeds all belief;
Since I was young, things are much changed.
When I was a Tory, small boys knew their place—
My lad, I’m afraid you’re deranged.”
“Father William,” the other rejoined, with a laugh,
“Of my talents you’re jealous, I see;
And this I know well, though you scoff at my youth,
That you’d gladly change ages with me.”
Pickwick.