Marius Hancu wrote:
> Hello:
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> A picturesque congeries of some dozen or so houses and a small
> boatyard�in which, arklike on its stocks, sat the thorax of a lugger �
Funny one this, reading it again. I sometimes wonder why people dislike
mixed metaphors so much, but this is a prime example why; either this
boat looks like Noah's Ark, or it's like a giant insect with the hull
the thorax and the stocks its legs. I can't visualise both ideas
simultaneously.
DC
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