a goodly sum of money

President Ma Ying-jeou assured residents of the outlying island county of Kinmen yesterday that a much-discussed bridge to connect Big Kinmen and the neighboring islet of Small Kinmen will indeed be built. The proposal for the 4-km Kin-Liehyu Bridge - named after the smaller islet that is also known as Liehyu - has been discussed for more than 10 years, Ma noted.

What over-charged piece of melancholie / Is this, breakes in betweene my wishes thus, / With bombing sighs?

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