Note 180 — ADDRESSED TO THE REV. THOMAS SEDGEWICK WHALLEY, ON LEAVING HIS SEAT, MENDIP LODGE, IN SOMERSETSHIRE, OCT. 10th, 1804.
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l. 7. The brine—Bristol Channel. Milton uses the word brine for the sea,
“The air was calm, and on the level brine “Sleek Panope and all her sisters play’d.” Lycidas.