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Sea-girt Isle
England. So called because, as Shakespeare has it, it is
“hedged in with the main, that water-wallëd bulwark” (King John, ii. 1).
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands.
Shakespeare: King Richard II., ii. 1.
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