The Scarlet Pimpernel vocabulary

Outside the rain had ceased, and through the swiftly passing clouds, the pale rays of an after-storm sun shone upon the beautiful white coast of Kent and the quaint, irregular houses that clustered round the Admiralty Pier.

Emma Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)

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The wedding took place; the bride and bridegroom set off for Kent from the church door,

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They had lost their way on a community hike somewhere in Kent.

George Orwell. 1984 (1949)

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We should then be well in those long reaches below Gravesend, between Kent and Essex, where the river is broad and solitary,

Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)

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Blackadder: Are you sure about your source, Baldrick?

Baldrick: Yeah, it was Jane Smart. You know: she was the one who told me about the Duchess of Kent and the chocolate chastity belt.