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<p><add>vessels</add> the navigation, and by semicircular trench, which<lb/> | |||
might be soon and easily cut, <sic>compleat</sic> the insulation. | |||
The island thus formed would afford space <del><gap/></del> for | |||
the principal building (a twelve-sided polygon of<lb/> | |||
about 120 foot diameter) together with a detached<lb/> | |||
Watch-House or two for greater security, all mounted<lb/> | |||
upon piles. The<add>situation of the</add> building thus perched, would be <del>stationed</del><lb/> | |||
like <add>that of</add> a ship at moorings: in a word, <add>so far</add> like that of the<lb/> | |||
present Hulks. <del>Should</del> It would be accessible by<lb/> | |||
water only: it would have no communication with the<lb/> | |||
Land. There is no individual to whom it would be<lb/> | |||
or could so much as be fancied to be, a prejudice. It<lb/> | |||
has not a House I suppose within a mile of it or<lb/> | |||
more, except one inconsiderable new built House close<lb/> | |||
to the River, which I was told was a Public House,<lb/> | |||
and from which it is distant <add>half a mile</add> at least.</p> | |||
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vessels the navigation, and by semicircular trench, which
might be soon and easily cut, compleat the insulation.
The island thus formed would afford space for
the principal building (a twelve-sided polygon of
about 120 foot diameter) together with a detached
Watch-House or two for greater security, all mounted
upon piles. Thesituation of the building thus perched, would be stationed
like that of a ship at moorings: in a word, so far like that of the
present Hulks. Should It would be accessible by
water only: it would have no communication with the
Land. There is no individual to whom it would be
or could so much as be fancied to be, a prejudice. It
has not a House I suppose within a mile of it or
more, except one inconsiderable new built House close
to the River, which I was told was a Public House,
and from which it is distant half a mile at least.
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jeremy bentham |
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admiral pavel chichagov |
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letter 1340, vol. 6 |
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