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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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"Horses, scarcely better", is he making a comparison to the mired dogs?
Dogs, undistinguishable in mire. Horses, scarcely better--splashed to their very blinkers. Foot passengers, jostling one another's umbrellas, in a general infection of ill-temper, and losing their foothold at street corners." (Charles Dickens, Bleak House)
"Horses, scarcely better", is he making a comparison to the mired dogs?
"Horses, scarcely better", is he making a comparison to the mired dogs?
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Hi Jack; It reads that way....
- Hi Jack; It reads that way....
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Yes, the horses, like the dogs, are so muddy, you can hardly see where the mud stops and the horses begin.
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