Excerpt from The History of Carausius: The Dutch Augustus, and Emperor of Britain, Zeeland, Dutch Flanders, Armorica; And the Seas, the Great First Hollandish Admiral; And the First Sailor King of England
The small spot of ground which has engaged the eyes of all Europe, even since the earliest ages - the mention Of whose important name, at any time, excited the observation of all parts of the world, - aud whose universal trade has communication with all the more or less civilized nations - always remains the object of attentive reflection for every cosmopolite; who has become in any way acquainted with its natural, politi cal and moral history. A piece of ground, torn from the ocean, and during so many ages defended against its rage,-a country appearing to the eyes of travelers, in the sunnner as a garden, divided into orchards (gar dens), and grass meadows, in the winter as a small archipelago, in which the cities, like so many islands.
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