Word: filth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...drifts against a pier, and the purpled fingers are actually washed against a rope which is dangling into the water; but they cannot grasp It-indeed, it is doubtful if they wish to; what can be pleasanter than this aimless, dreamy floating? It is baptised with the unspeakable filth of a dozen sewers which discharge into the river, its limbs are sadly swollen, and the slime of the river has veiled the staring eyes. Then, after many, many hours of quiet floating, it is espied from one of the lower quais. Now comes the rush of curious bystanders, the ropes...