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Stately, plump Buck Mulligan ...

This is one of the more famous opening lines, from one of the most renowned masters of the form.
Ulysses
If Joyce can use these two paired adjectives to begin setting the scene so well, this @Liquid is surely an example of a pluterperfectly recommendable style.

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