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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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We
walked,
after
we
had
entered
the
private
grounds,
perhaps
two
hundred
yards
along
a
gravel
carriage-road,
then
came
to
a
little
side
gate,
which
opened
upon
a
narrow
gravel
path
under
trees,
and
in
a
minute
and
a
half,
or
less,
were
directly
opposite
to
the
great
waterfall.
I
was
much
affected
by
the
first
view
of
it.
The
majesty
and
strength
of
the
water,
for
I
had
never
before
seen
so
large
a
cataract,
struck
me
with
astonishment,
which
died
away,
giving
place
to
more
delightful
feelings;
though
there
were
some
buildings
that
I
could
have
wished
had
not
been
there,
though
at
first
unnoticed.
The
chief
of
them
was
a
neat,
white,
lady-like
house,[85]
very
near
to
the
waterfall.
William
and
Coleridge
however
were
in
a
better
and
perhaps
wiser
humour,
and
did
not
dislike
the
house;
indeed,
it
was
a
very
nice-looking
place,
with
a
moderate-sized
garden,
leaving
the
green
fields
free
and
open.
This
house
is
on
the
side
of
the
river
opposite
to
the
grand
house
and
the
pleasure-grounds.
The
waterfall
Cora
Linn
is
composed
of
two
falls,
with
a
sloping
space,
which
appears
to
be
about
twenty
yards
between,
but
is
much
more.
The
basin
which
receives
the
fall
is
enclosed
by
noble
rocks,
with
trees,
chiefly
hazels,
birch,
and
ash
growing
out
of
their
sides
whenever
there
is
any
hold
for
them;
and
a
magnificent
resting-place
it
is
for
such
a
river;
I
think
more
grand
than
the
Falls
themselves.
[Footnote
84:
Lady
Mary
Ross.--J.
C.
S.]
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