Both Uses of
medley
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The bronze face, the shaggy black hair and beard, the coarse woollen red cap, the rough medley dress of home-spun stuff and hairy skins of beasts, the powerful frame attenuated by spare living, and the sullen and desperate compression of the lips in sleep, inspired the mender of roads with awe.†
Chpt 2.23
- A numerous medley of men and women, not to mention beasts and vehicles of various sorts, was waiting to issue forth; but, the previous identification was so strict, that they filtered through the barrier very slowly.†
Chpt 3.1 *
Definition:
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(medley) a mixture of thingssometimes specifically:
- a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
- a swimming race or relay in which different strokes are used