subvented

Updated: May 2, 2025

All about the docks was one region of heads stretched far in innumerable vagueness, and down the river to Woolwich a continuous dull roar and murmur of bees droned from both banks to cheer our departure. The expedition was partly a national affair, subvented by Government: and if ever ship was well-found it was the Boreal.

M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel - The Purple Cloud