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“TIERS upon tiers of vessels, scores of masts, labyrinths of tackle, idle sails, splashing oars, gliding row-boats, lumbering barges…church steeples, warehouses, house-roofs, arches, bridges, men and women, children, casks, cranes, boxes, horses, coaches, idlers, and hard-labourers: there they were, all jumbled up together.”
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you've posed a Dickens of a question. Chuck everything you know. My wit has been chuzzled into tiny pieces. tis the fortieth time I've chaptered such stupefaction. my curiosity begs an answer..
*puck*
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and you've posted a florid and poetic answer, with a strong comic touch.