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Solent

noun
1.
A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.






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"Solent" Quotes from Famous Books



... solus tecum fornicationem ut quidam facere solent; ita dico ut ipse tuum membrum virile in manum tuam acciperes, et sic duceres praeputium tuum, et manu propria commoveres, ut sic per ...
— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel

... quemque hominem facile inveniatis loco. * * * * * Ditis damnosos maritos sub basilica quaerito. Ibidem erunt scorta exoleta, quique stipulari solent. * * * * * In foro infumo boni homines, atque dites ambulant. Sub veteribus, ibi sunt qui ...
— A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge

... waves curling into foam-tipped breakers, while the Needles, those natural turrets of the deep, rose in stately fashion from the waters, seemingly in their very path, as if here the bold voyager must needs be challenged before venturing further. The narrow Solent was passed and a wider roadway was to be theirs for many a day. But after a little, Dwight's irrepressible spirits broke out afresh, and he returned to the charge, evidently determined to be at no loss when addressing these girls, whom he secretly chose as companions for Bess and himself ...
— All Aboard - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry

... circumstances. It was in October, 1883. My wife and I were spending a brief holiday in the Isle of Wight, and I remember that the great troopers, which had just brought back Lord Wolseley's army from the first Egyptian campaign, were lying in the Solent when we crossed. One morning about noon we were walking in the drizzling rain round St. Catherine's Point. It was a miserable day, the ground slippery and the footpath here and there rather difficult to follow. Just as we were at ...
— Real Ghost Stories • William T. Stead



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