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[lostin1800]

This is a paragraph from a book jacket of 'Blind Justice':

Filled to bursting with the sights and sounds and atmosphere of the times, and with every manner of character from actresses, gamblers and advantures to Samuel Johnson himself and that "popinjay and libertine" Boswell, Blind Justice is a feast for mystery lovers.


1. If take off the words underlined above, I think the meaning stays the same. So I wonder what's the use of 'filled with' in that sentence.

2. What is 'advantures to Samuel Johnson'? Shouldn't it be 'adventures of ...' ?

Thanks.

[2006]

1..."Filled to" can be left out without any change in meaning.

2...It should be "...wth every manner of character from actresses, gamblers and adventurers to Samuel Johnson himself...". It is a 'from...to' construction, and note that it should be adventurers.