Expression 'A very short space of time through very short times of space'

[Haihao]

Hi,

I have got some new questions to ask of you.

[Mister Micawber]

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1-- I think it is just Joyce playing with words again, Haihao-- space of time / times of space. I doubt he thought it through himself, really, but yes-- the 'times of space' would be the consecutive footsteps, I think.

2-- 'That' is the relative pronoun for the dependent clause: a cliff that/which beetles over its base. The base is the cliff's base, i.e. the bottom of the cliff; there is no sea involved.

3. Does this mean 'a long distance of space of the sands'? -- No, a sand spit is a specific structure.
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