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    This document provides a description of London's Thames Street, a busy thoroughfare filled with confusion from various vehicles and modes of transportation. It notes the sounds of clanking, whistling, grinding wheels and voices battling amidst the hustle and bustle. The street is described as the "life of the Great City" where one can see sailors, costermongers and other travelers mixing amidst the crowds hurrying along the street from North to South.

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    Art in Dickens' times. Illustrations of London by Gustave Dore

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