3. Dickens uses paradoxes in the first paragraph to show the great differences between the upper and lower classes in England and France, as well as the two countries themselves. They are also used to show how people often characterize their own time in superlatives, as they feel they are the center of the universe.
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5. The phrase "Stand and delver" is a command used by highwaymen telling the passersby to stand up and deliver their goods to them, lest they be dispatched via blunderbuss fire.
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