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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
143
Saturday,
15th.--A
very
cold
and
cheerless
morning.
I
sate
mending
stockings
all
the
morning.
I
read
in
Shakespeare.
William
lay
very
late
because
he
slept
ill
last
night.
It
snowed
this
morning
just
like
Christmas.
We
had
a
melancholy
letter
from
Coleridge
at
bedtime.
It
distressed
me
very
much,
and
I
resolved
upon
going
to
Keswick
the
next
day.
(The
following
is
written
on
the
blotting-paper
opposite
this
date:--)
S.
T.
Coleridge.
Dorothy
Wordsworth.
William
Wordsworth.
Mary
Hutchinson.
Sara
Hutchinson.
William.
Coleridge.
Mary.
Dorothy.
Sara.
16th
May
1802.
John
Wordsworth.
Sunday,
16th.--William
was
at
work
all
the
morning.
I
did
not
go
to
Keswick.
A
sunny,
cold,
frosty
day.
A
snowstorm
at
night.
We
were
a
good
while
in
the
orchard
in
the
morning.
Monday,
17th
May.--William
was
not
well,
he
went
with
me
to
Wytheburn
water,
and
left
me
in
a
post-chaise.
Hail
showers,
snow,
and
cold
attacked
me.
The
people
were
graving
peats
under
Nadel
Fell.
A
lark
and
thrush
singing
near
Coleridge's
house.
Bancrofts
there.
A
letter
from
M.
H.
Tuesday,
18th
May.--Terribly
cold,
Coleridge
not
well.
Froude
called,
Wilkinsons
called,
C.
and
I
walked
in
the
evening
in
the
garden.
Warmer
in
the
evening.
Wrote
to
M.
and
S.
Wednesday,
19th
May.--A
grey
morning--not
quite
so
cold.
C.
and
I
set
off
at
half-past
nine
o'clock.
Met
William
near
the
six-mile
stone.
We
sate
down
by
the
road-side,
and
then
went
to
Wytheburn
water.
Longed
to
be
at
the
island.
Sate
in
the
sun.
We
drank
tea
at
John
Stanley's.
The
evening
cold
and
clear.
A
glorious
light
on
Skiddaw.
I
was
tired.
Brought
a
cloak
down
from
Mr.
Simpson's.
Packed
up
books
for
Coleridge,
then
got
supper,
and
went
to
bed.
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